Farewell Capone
Lindsay Garrett, a zookeeper at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens writes an article about Capone, an Alligator snapping turtle that passed away Tuesday evening; in the Miscellany section. An article about the Tortoise Trek exhibit which opened at LincolnChildren’s Zoo, tortoise’s are shuffled about after owners hand them in because of a change in the law and more; see the Conservation section. Police seize Olive Ridley sea turtle eggs; see the Crime & Punishment section and other stories.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Endangered tortoises are enthusiastic breeders
Abilene Zoo Launches Quarters for Conservation
Tracking Sea Turtles in the US Virgin Islands
Crime & Punishment
Police seize 285 olive ridley sea turtle eggs from driver near Jaco
Lost & Found
Loose Petaluma tortoise leads to slow rescue
Miscellany
Keeper’s Tribute to a Turtle
Did You Know…
The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) has a conservation status of vulnerable. Females lay a clutch of 10–50 eggs and incubation takes from 100 to 140 days, and hatchlings emerge in the early fall.
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Photo from Cincinnati Zoo
