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• ‘Cull of the Wild’ questions sacrificing wildlife in the name of conservation
  

This week we discuss 3 reptile papers that were published in The Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery:

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• Dubia Roaches (Blaptica dubia): Food for Insectivores Made Better by Gut Loading with a High Calcium Commercial Diet. In: The Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, Volume 34, No. 3, 2024 pp. 184–192
  
• Diagnosis of Orthopedic Fractures Using Craniodorsal-Caudoventral Oblique and Caudodorsal-Cranioventral Oblique Radiographic Views Made at 45 to the Frontal Plane in Four Wild Turtles. In: The Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, Volume 34, No. 3, 2024 pp. 175–183
  
• Simple Brachial Venipuncture Technique in Large Softshell Turtles (Nilssonia spp.). In: The Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, Volume 34, No. 3, 2024 pp. 157–159
  

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