9-year old kid saved 3 loggerhead hatchlings Today’s all about sea turtles. While we remind you in the Crime and Punishment section that disturbing sea turtle during nesting seasons is a federal crime, the Conservation area brings up some good news. Operation Jairo is launching its third operation in Florida, the number of turtle nests are on record for 2 straight years and you may […]

Conservationist keep things moving The Loggerhead Marinelife Center performs amazing work for sea turtles and the first article in the Conservation section has a spectators view of that work. Also an article about STOP, the Sea Turtle Oversight Protection group in the resort of Lauderday-By-The-Sea. Lowestoft has started it’s annual Turtle Trail which feature 20 turtle models dotted about town, see the Miscellany section. Turtle

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