Another day, another dead wildlife ranger. Where is the outrage?
Protecting wildlife is no longer just a case of stopping poaching by poor local villagers. Illegal wildlife crime is now estimated to be worth more than $20bn (£16bn) per year, ranked only behind drugs, weapons and human trafficking in the criminal value chain. Rangers face well-organised criminal gangs and hardened armed militia. Rebel groups often use poaching as a way to fund their operations. We are now seeing reports that terrorist groups do too. Click the link to read more…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
USA:- Flight to safety for 50 cold-stunned turtles
India:- UP top cops to discuss ways to stop turtle trade
USA:- Antalya’s children run marathon to preserve loggerhead sea turtles
Crime & Punishment
USA:- DHEC sued over failure to remove turtle-blocking seawalls
China:- Guangdong investigates slaughter of 200kg protected giant sea turtle
China:- 6 charged for killing, selling protected sea turtle
USA:- Someone painted a federally protected gopher tortoise, again
South Africa:- Tortoise rescued from traditional healer’s home
Philippines:- Police nab fisherman selling rare turtle eggs for P10
USA:- FWC officers bust tortoise poacher
Education
USA:- Under the ‘sea’: Oklahoma Aquarium building long-sought sea turtle exhibit
How turtles and crocodiles lost parietal eye and differing color vision adaptations
Challenges in Evaluating the Severity of Fibropapillomatosis: A Proposal for Objective Index and Score System for Chelonia mydas in Brazil
Coastal leatherback turtles reveal conservation hotspot
Health & Medical
USA:- Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary rescues another loggerhead sea turtle
UK:- Three-legged tortoise has Lego wheel fitted : video
USA:- Vader the loggerhead to be released
Who’s Who…
Todd Steiner is an ecologist and the founder and executive director of Turtle Island Restoration Network, an ocean advocacy and research NGO with offices in California and Texas. He has more than 30 years experience in environmental protection and education. He currently serves on the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Counsel, NOAA-DFG Priority Action Coho Team: Technical Working Group, and on the Center for Biological Diversity Board of Directors.
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Photo from Ben Curtis/AP .
