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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues -- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In light of continuing developments with Covid-19, the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology will not process incoming or outgoing specimen loans until further notice. Please do not ship specimens until we have updated this message.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, in-person use of our collections remains suspended until further notice. However, Researchers may continue to access our digitized collection information through
<a href="https://collections.wfvz.org/"><span style="color:blue">https://collections.wfvz.org/</span></a>. Any questions about records, or about collections policies and reopening, can be directed to the Collections Manager, Mr. Rene Corado (rene@wfvz.org).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">René<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">René Corado<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">439 Calle San Pablo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Camarillo, CA 93012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><a href="http://www.wfvz.org/cms/index.php"><span lang="ES-GT">http://www.wfvz.org</span></a></span></i><i><u><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-size:10.0pt">email: </span>
</i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="rene@wfvz.org"><span lang="ES-GT" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">rene@wfvz.org</span></a></span></i><u><span lang="ES-GT" style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Phone: 805/388-9944<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Ambassador of Peace of the Country of Guatemala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Founder of El Lustrador Foundation
<a href="http://www.helpelf.org">http://www.helpelf.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT","serif"">Author of the book El Lustrador</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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