Turtle Survival Center “live, breathe and sleep turtles 24/7”
Pampering rare and endangered turtles is all in a day’s work at the facility operated by the nonprofit Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). The Turtle Survival Center specializes in breeding species native to Southeast Asia. Turtles in that region have been especially hard hit since the 1980s, when China’s currency became convertible, causing demand for meat and shells from neighboring countries to skyrocket. “A lot of people suddenly had the ability to purchase turtle medicine and have turtle soup on the table,” he says. “Millions of people in China began buying turtles from all over Southeast Asia and beyond.” Click the link to read more about the five person team and the work they are doing…
Plus several stories about desert tortoises.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Proposed turtle trapping restrictions delayed
Biologist’s work, desert tortoise an exciting adventure
Chelonia mydas released at Teluk Bahang beach under pilot conservation project
Baby desert tortoises fly south with the governor
Fighting for turtle survival
Crime & Punishment
Shellshocked owner searches for turtle, 78, missing from her Catonsville yard
Over 300 freshwater turtles seized, four suspects held
Ecology
Discovering the Unknown About Turtles
Video:- Polk uses technology to track threatened Gopher tortoises
Green is the New Camo
Education
Learn everything you need to know about sea turtles on this tour.
First confirmed record of the Chelonia mydas from the eastern Black Sea waters of Turkey
Health & Medical
Autumn weigh-in for 26 tortoises
Sea Turtles Can Save Themselves If We Clean Up Our Act
Chelonia mydas ingested plastics, needs operation
2 young injured turtles rescued with ingested fishing lines
Salthaven’s Patient of the Week: snap!
Sea turtle hospital laser focused
Miscellany
410-acre development would require road through protected tortoise reserve
The Trotoise Group 2016 news letter is out
Who’s Who…
Rick Hudson, currently serves as President and Chairman of the Board of the TSA. In 2001, he organized a IUCN Asian Turtle Workshop – Developing Conservation Strategies through Captive Management – that led to the formation of the TSA as a IUCN partnership network for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises. Rick served as the co-chair of the TSA from 2001 to 2009 and under his leadership the TSA grew into an independent NGO that has emerged as a global force for turtle conservation.
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Photo from Mic Smith.
