6,325 Wild Turtles Confiscated in India
On 10 January 2017, the Special Task Force and Forestry Department in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India confiscated one of the largest illegal turtle seizures in India when it intercepted 6,325 river turtles. Upon the seizure of these animals, the Turtle Survival Alliance was called in to help identify, sort, triage, and ultimately release these animals back into the wild. Click the link to read more about the TSA’s involvement…
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Conservation
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TSA:- Second TSC Cuora complex update
Myanmar:- Geochelone Platynota population over 2,300 in Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary
Malaysia:- Struggles of our sea turtles
Ecology
UK:- Out of the way slow-coach!: video
Myanmar:- Manouria impressa, little tortoise, big range
Health & Medical
India:- Lepidochelys olivacea gets new life with plastic prosthetic flipper
Australia:- Myuchelys georgesi, origins of devastating disease still unknown
Miscellany
USA:- Some turtle related conservation activities to partake in
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