Five-year-old writes letter to Pizza Express asking them to ban plastic straws Pizza Express is set to ban plastic straws from all of its restaurants as a result of a letter written by a five-year-old girl calling them out on the impact it has on animals. Ava James, whose mum hails from Saltash and her grandmother still lives there, begged the restaurant chain to stop […]

Bronx Zoo Making Leaps and Bounds In The World Of Chelonian Conservation With chelonians being the world’s most endangered vertebrate group, conservation measures are critical towards preserving each and every species from falling to extinction, as multiple species already have; in addition, many species are already functionally extinct, meaning a population no longer exists in the wild. The Bronx zoo is just one example of

Ancient Crocodiles Once Feasted on Giant Tortoises Today, Aldabra Atoll, an island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar and Tanzania, is a predator-free paradise for more than 100,000 giant tortoises. Gone are the seafarers who over-hunted them to near extinction in the 18th and 19th centuries. Gone too are the large crocodiles that may have preyed upon them in prehistoric times, as a new study

The Memory Of One Of The Most Important Contributors To Sea Turtle Conservation Will Live On One of the greatest contributors to sea turtle conservation recently passed away last week. One might assume that this was an important biologist or ecologist, but in reality, this was Ridley Ranger, a small Cairn Terrier. Ridley Ranger was a turtle dog, trained to sniff out and locate turtle

Groundbreaking Chemo Tumor Treatment for Sea Turtles A groundbreaking alternative procedure used to treat tumors on sea turtles was performed at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital Saturday, in partnership with researchers from the University of Florida. The electrochemotherapy treatments, the first of their kind in the United States, are part of a pilot study being conducted on green sea turtles with fibropapilloma, cauliflower-like tumor growths

Iowa Resident Opens Her Doors As A Non-Profit For Abandoned Tortoises It all started with one sick tortoise which desperately needed a home, and one kind heart who fulfilled that pressing need, eventually evolving into the Big and Small Tortoise Rescue and Sanctuary. Kimberly Vanous now cares for a houseful of rescued tortoises, and is even making definite plans to relocate to a large property

Meet Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center’s new resident The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center will soon have a new resident sea turtle. Sweet Pea, a female juvenile green sea turtle, is scheduled to arrive at the center Thursday morning. The center will be closed Thursday through Monday to allow Sweet Pea time to acclimate to the pool and to her new role as

Community Unites To Rescue Incredibly Rare Nest From Inclement Devastating Tide It was only by chance that a fisherman happened to discover an endangered Chelonia mydas nesting for one of the first times ever on Boambee beach, but thanks to his diligence, Mick Phillips reported the nest to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). However, dangerous weather conditions were creating what is known as

Desert tortoise faces uncertain future amid Bundy conflict In 1990, federal officials listed the Mojave Desert species as threatened across its range, touching off a series of new regulations and initiatives aimed at saving the long-lived reptile. One of the people caught up in the effort to save the tortoise was a Bunkerville rancher named Cliven Bundy, who didn�t take kindly to being told to