World Turtle News

Endangered turtle fights for life at Wellington Zoo An Olive Ridley sea turlte (Lepidochelys olivacea) which washed up in the Wellington Lyall Bay, New Zealand is being cared for by Wellington Zoo but only has a 50% chance of survival, with video. Sargassum is still causing problems for nesting sea turtles in Trinidad and Tobago. Jacksonville Zoo welcomes the return of Goober, a 186Kg Aldabra […]

14 Astrochelys radiata Were Rescued From Illegal Trade And Sent To Perth Zoo Intercepted in Hong Kong two years ago, these 14 rescued radiated turtles were transferred to Perth Zoo and were kept three months in quarantine. Perth Zoo is pretty familiar with keeping and breeding this species so they were able to carefully check the tortoises during their quarantine period. 4 of them will

Dubai Works On The Conservation Of The Hawksbill Turtle The hawksbill turtle is native to that region and there are only 8000 estimated nesting females worldwilde. The Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project has been working with this species for about 11 years, releasing more than 800 turtles. The goal of this project is to increase the number of turtles in the wild and also to study

People may lose homes to tortoise sanctuary If the story is to be believed some 200 people will need to be relocated to make room for a new tortoise sanctuary in Cuevas, Spain. Viet Nam calls five different species of sea turtles home and a conference is being held to discuss their plight. A local naturalist in Middleburg is arguing for officials to keep the

Alligator Snapping Turtles to be released Peoria zoo is participating in the release of 100 Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) per year for the next 5 years and Pakistan to employ DNA barcodes as a way to identify species to curb illegal trade, see the Conservation section. A few reports on turtle race’s this week and if you fancy an art project involving turtles the

Blandingii turtles receive more support and youth campers spend their holidays helping baby turtle making their way to the sea. In the Health & Medical section we learn about a tortoise which was glued a lego wheel on its belly to be able to walk while in Florida the Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating a new case of someone sitting in the back of

Louisiana makes progress to protect its Sea Turtles. In the conclusion of a story we’ve been covering during each step, Louisiana’s government has passed legislation which repeals another law from 1987. Back in ’87, the state passed a law that prohibited Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents from enforcing federal turtle-excluder device (TED) regulations. Louisiana was the only state where agents were prohibited from

7 Dermatemys mawii Hatched In Belize These are the first hatchlings from the captive breeding program located at BFREE Field Station in Belize and managed by the Turtle Survival Alliance. This species native from Central America underwent a drastic decline and is now Critically Endangered. These 7 hatchling are being carefully observed (daily) by the TSA. A PhD student, Nichole Bishop, at the University of