Bladder stones! This poor desert tortoise has a huge bladder stone that requires surgery. The news article shows the removal of the stone by the Long Beach Animal Hospital (LBAH) veterinary surgeons. We also include the link to the LBAH page that shows the surgery in full with graphical images and video. See the Ecology section. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation A Glimpse

Sea turtle exams Have you everone wondered what equipment is used to perform an initial sea turtle exam? Well the New England Aquarium has a blog post all about it, see the Blog News section. So what does your tortoise do all day? Kamp Kenan strap a camera to one of their Sulcatas to find out see the Conservation section. Turtle News From Around the

120 sea turtles stranded off Cape Code The Massachusetts Audubon Society volunteers have recovered about 120 “cold-stunned” sea turtles. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Scores of rare turtles found stranded on Cape Cold-stunned turtles flown to turtle hospital, given Star Wars names 2015 Turtles: Sick turtles bring seaweed Turtles face dangers on roads during breeding Crime & Punishment 2 arrested for selling endangered

Flood trash could hamper turtle nesting In less than two weeks, Olive Ridley turtles will start arriving on the shores of Chennai to nest -a ritual they have been following for the past 110 million years. However this year could be the most trying season for these reptiles as Chennai beaches are strewn with tonnes of garbage because of the recent floods. Charles Paddock Zoo

Radiated Tortoise Could Go Extinct In The Wild Faster Than Expected The Turtle Survival Alliance conducted surveys in 2014 in southern Madagascar regarding the poaching crisis. Everything looked good until they conducted another survey in 2015. A massive poaching crisis resurfaced in 2015 with records number of live tortoises confiscated. As a consequence, the species is declining faster than what we thought and the species

Turtle management training Thirty-one representives from the three tribal groups in Marau learn out sea turtles. Two artists and a reformed poacher to create a big turtle sculpture and more… Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Turtle Management Training for Ecotourism in Solomon Islands Good year for sea turtles Education Shelling out helpful advice about Mackay’s turtles Crime & Punishment Biggest turtle sculpture in

And now a fork! Animal rescue experts found an Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) with a plastic fork protruding from it’s nostril. The fork was most likely ingested by the turtle and became lodged in the nostril when it was regurgitated. Due to sargassum seaweed sea turtles are nesting on other beaches that are not as “turtle friendly”, plus 989 of turtles released for fathers day