Dear colleagues,

two Czech entomologists - Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera - were arrested in India for collecting insects without government permission. Both colleagues are renowned and reliable scientists. Svacha is an expert especially in the larvae of the beetle Family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles), and Kucera discovered a lot of new insect species, often named after him. In my opinion, knowledge is the first step in conservation nature. Therefore each one day incarcerating Mr. Svacha or Mr. Kucera is also a setback in conservation nature. There is a petiton for releasing in the web, but unfortunatelly focussed on Svacha only. Now The Czech Entomological Society started a new petition for releasing both scientists. Pleas sign the new petition! Details see below:

http://www.petitiononline.com/h3e09s05/petition.html
 
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080709/jsp/siliguri/story_9524001.jsp

Many thanks and best regards,

Petr Zabransky
President of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oesterreichischer Entomologen
Ludo Hartmann Platz 7
1160 Wien
Austria