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Global Projects

Around the world people are doing their part to protect wild hermit crabs and their resources.

Seashell replenishment and replacement projects exist in Japan, American, Thailand.

Eco-tourism introduces a new opportunity for locals and tourists in Taiwan.

Make the Switch 4 Nature – Japan

Poster collage depicting land hermit crabs wearing pieces of garbage instead of shells.

Crustacean Plantation – Florida

A variety of seashells placed around a tree trunk

Mother of Crab – Taiwan

Huang Shu Huang, an employee of the Kenting Youth Activity Center, and also a hermit crab advocate and provider of shells in Taiwan.

Support Mother of Crabs by donating shells to their shell replenishment project in Taiwan:

Ms. Shu-Huang Huang
No. 17, Kenting Road,
Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, 946, Taiwan

Green Island Hermit House – Taiwan

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Society Blog

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It has been brought to our attention that a sudden influx of new businesses are attempting to subvert the LHCOS Approved Seller process. In some cases, these new businesses are closely copying Approved Seller’s products and selling them as their own, while claiming that anyone can do research and make safe products. This is undeniably true. Anyone CAN do research and make safe products, but not everyone does. Just think about every pet store product marketed to Hermit Crabs. To the untrained eye, these products seem safe–they have a brightly colored hermit crab on the packaging and are sold through the pet industry–but decades ofRead More →

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    Children looking at their hermit crab habitat

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