TSA Teams in India and Madagascar Return Tortoises Home
Confiscated endangered Malagasy tortoises were flown from Mumbai back to Madagascar in April with the support of a network of conservation organizations led by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). The customs and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) at Mumbai International Airport seized 146 ploughshare (Astrochelys yniphora) and radiated (A. radiata) Tortoises on March 21. The tortoises were found wrapped in plastic bags and were being taken illegally to Nepal. Click the link to read more…
A Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turle) is released after an overnight stay and five Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtles) will be released on Tuesday in the Conservation section. A sea turtle photo bomb, meet some Aldabras and Apples in the Miscellany section. Plus lots more…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Five loggerheads to go back to sea after S.C. Aquarium treatment
Kemp’s Ridley Sighting Surprises Beach Goers
441-pound sea turtle released on Folly Beach
Crime & Punishment
Couple Gets 6 Months for Smuggling Turtle Eggs
If you see this tortoise, call Gloucestershire police
Turtle Moratorium โStill In Placeโ
Education
Lake Highland Prep student wins award for sea turtle project
Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert tortoise, a relatively solitary species
Evaporative Water Loss Rates of Four Species of Aquatic Turtles from the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States
Miscellany
Zoo run to help endangered turtles
Girl gets shock of her life when this sea turtle photobombs underwater selfie
Fall in Love Friday: Apples the turtle
Meet the giant tortoises
Who’s Who…
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (1781 โ 1826) a German biologist. Spix was honoured and knighted by the king of Bavaria. Described Chelonoidis carbonaria amongst others.
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Photo from TSA.
