Working to get Georgia’s official state reptile off states “Endangered Species List”
Georgia’s official state reptile is now on the state’s endangered species list, but the tortoise is finding new hope in a local nature preserve. In an effort the save the few Gopher Tortoise left, Georgia Power Company is teaming up with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to create a habitat near Plant Vogtle. The hope is that this habitat will help get the Gopher Tortoise off the state of Georgia’s Endangered Species List. Click the link to read more and watch the video…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Sea Turtle trackers watch nest as crowds show up for holiday weekend:- video
Pond turtle hatchlings arrive at the Oregon Zoo:- video
‘Turtle wranglers’ help turtles cross road in Wisconsin
Cayman Island Turtle Farm releases come under fire
Turtles set for a safe haven in Goa
Plea from MEDASSET as sea turtle nesting season begins in Turkey
Crime & Punishment
Fearing law & upkeep pet owners abandon rare turtles, tortoises in India
Man reunited with his missing tortoise 6 days later:- video
Tortoise returned to Kaneohe restaurant
Ecology
Beaches in Singapore vital to sea turtles’ survival
Education
Things learned when returning a desert tortoise to the wild
Noccalula Falls celebrates World Turtle Day
Health & Medical
Norris the Caretta caretta returned to the ocean
Lepidochelys kempii fitted with transmitters off mexico
Caretta caretta sea turtles released in Spain
Miscellany
Squirtle the turtle surivies house fire:- video
Who’s Who…
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS (1830 – 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is currently ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Described manoria Impress.
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