World Turtle News, 10/02/2015

A Turtle Swimsuit For Collecting Poo

How to mix cuteness and research ? Check out that innovative sea turtle swimsuit in the research section. In the conservation section a fisherman released a sea turtle that got caught in his nets. I also encourage you to read more about that sea turtle conservation project in Greece. Finally, in the Misc section, a turtle vendor is asked to leave in Texas because he was selling turtles undersize

Turtle News From Around the World

Conservation

Read more about a sea turtle conservation project in Greece

After catching a sea turtle in his net, this fisherman managed to release it safely into the sea

Sarawak, the second highest Hawksbill turtle landings site in after Sabah

Research

A sea turtle swimsuit designed to collect the turtle’s waste

Miscellaneous

Luke Newberry would have a 90-year-old tortoise

Texas : a vendor is asked to leave after selling turtles undersize, which is illegal

After being on the run for a year, this tortoise is reunited with its owner

Did You Know…

In the Datu Peninsula alone, more than 2,000 Hawksbill turtle landings are recorded annually, producing between 200,000 and 300,000 turtle eggs

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Photo from Kathy Townsend/The University of Queensland

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