62 Vulnerable Turtles And Tortoises Rescued In Pakistan
It is pretty uncommon yet it happened in Pakistan : 62 vulnerable turtles and tortoises were discovered by the roadside. The circumstances of this discovery remains unknown but they believe these turtles were discarded by illegal wildlife traders. 25 reptiles were already dead. Both species Testudo horsfieldii and Geoclemys hamiltonii are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. The tortoises and turtles were shifted to Sindh Wildlife Department from where they were sent for release
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Conservation
A Kemp’s ridley turle and a green sea turtle got rescued and released back into the sea
Ecology
Tesco stopped the sale of turtles for the dinner table in China
Education
Fall Show will start soon at Bristol Aggie high school. Students will be head-starting many Blanding’s Turtle hatchlings, wood turtles and Plymouth Red-belly cooters
The National Seashore will hold a free lecture and training session about the proper procedure for handling cold stunned sea turtles on Padre Island
Miscellaneous
Among 80 eggs extracted from a dead turtle, 16 of them already hatched through artificial incubation
Did You Know…
Geoclemys hamiltonii is a relatively rare species, found only in the Indus and Ganges river drainages
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