A Books for Butantan Update
BUY BOOKS ON EBAY FOR BUTANTAN
In 2010, CNAH and the Wallace Research Foundation partnered with Eric Thiss of Serpent's Tale in Minnesota to purchase and ship books on herpetofauna to the library of the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil. A fire at the institute destroyed its research library earlier that year and left the faculty, staff, and students devastated by the loss of books, data, and research material. We concentrated on books published since 1935 because many of these are still under copyright and generally are not legally available as electronic downloads on the internet.
The response from the herpetological community has been tremendous. As a result, we have many duplicate books. To resolve this situation, we decided to offer these books at auction on eBay. All proceeds raised will go to purchase and ship more books to the Instituto Butantan. If you wish to participate and assist in this effort, simply go to
www.ebay.com
type in "cnah" and spend freely. Some titles are already up on eBay as of today.
And we will still take donations of books and cash. Each book that we receive as a donation will be sent to Butantan and will free up funds to purchase another tome. Don't worry about sending more duplicate books; we auction them off to raise even more funds for additional acquisitions. Anyone that can assist CNAH and the Wallace Research Foundation by making such a book donation should send their contribution via media rate U.S. mail to:
Serpent's Tale
P.O. Box 405
Lanesboro, Minnesota 55949
507-467-8733
If you haven't a spare book, send CNAH money. Additional funds mean additional books and help with the freight charges. We need to pay for both. And money is so much easier to send. Just go to
www.cnah.org
Select PayPal on the CNAH website main page and make a cash donation. Be sure to add "Butantan" to the PayPal or check memo line. Or, if you prefer, send a check to the address below. All donations will be used to purchase for and ship books to Butantan.
Cash donations over $50.00 and all book donations will receive a letter of acknowledgement for tax purposes.
CNAH is continually thankful to the Wallace Research Foundation for their generosity and compassion toward the students, faculty, and staff of the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil. Without the interest and vision of WRF, this effort by CNAH would never have been possible. On behalf of The Center for North American Herpetology Board of Directors and the herpetological community worldwide, we continue to applaud the WRF commitment to education, research, and conservation.
Joseph T. Collins
The Center for North American Herpetology
1502 Medinah Circle
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
(785) 393-4757
jcollins@ku.edu
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
