TSA report: River Terrapins Hatch Throughout Asia
Throughout Asia, from remote nesting beaches to captive breeding facilities, River Terrapins (genus Batagur) have recently completed their hatching season. The accounts below summarize information from the countries where TSA works on Batagur recovery programs including India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Burma hatchling BatagurThe River Terrapins (Batagur) comprise six species of large, impressive, and at least in some species, spectacularly colored, turtles that once plied the great rivers and estuaries of southern Asia from the Indian Subcontinent to the islands of Indonesia. With five out of the six species listed as Critically Endangered or recommended for CR listing on the IUCN Red List, the six Batagur species have been a major conservation priority for TSA since its first field programs began in Asia, beginning in India with the Red-Crowned Roof Turtle, B. kachuga, in 2005, and continuing in 2006 in Myanmar with the Burmese Roofed Turtle, B. trivittata. Today, TSA has recovery programs for five species in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Indonesia.
Plus Hypnotizing sea turtles and rescuing sharks and sea turtles in the Health and Medical section. TSA reports and a Governer provides a home for a Gopher tortoise in the Conservation section. Plus lots more.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
TSA Report: Breeding Season is in Full Swing at the TSC
TSA Report: Quarantine Building Nearing Completion
Orphaned gopher tortoises become research subjects at Circle B: videos
Crews work to keep Highway 66 turtle free: video
Disaster unfolding off coast of Costa Rica
Zoo welcomes Dozer and Shelly, Centrochelys sulcata
Meet ‘the Turtle Lady’
Gov. Sandoval provides a home for a desert tortoise :videos
Blog
N.E.S.T #14 and a False Crawl
N.E.S.T False Crawl #04
Visiting One of the Last Populations of Geometric Tortoises
Crime & Punishment
Scottish Tourists urged not to bring tiny Tunisian tortoises home in their suitcases
Man charged with beating turtle with a hammer at Lady Bird Lake
Investigating a custody case involving a tortoise: video
Education
Mote Marine Laboratory offering free turtle nest tours
Health & Medical
Local band to hold fundraiser for well-known injured tortoise
Sea turtles with potentially deadly herpes lesions on the rise on Great Barrier Reef
Sea turtle rescued near Destin jetties: video
Watch a baby sea turtle being hypnotised so we can weigh it
Video about a Caretta caretta’s heroic recovery after boat mangled fin, bone, shell
Videos of a shark & turtle get some much-needed help from human friends
Miscellany
Runaway tortoise found in Ayr, Scotland
Colourful cement turtles welcome Gulf place visitors
SeaturtleBrie talks on reddit
Did you know…
Cloacitis: An inflamed or ulcerated cloacal open often combined with an unpleasant discharge often indicates the presence cloacitis. Often encountered in combination with a parasite infestation or cloacal calculus.
Photo from TSA.
