tortoise news

TSA: New Tortoise Conservation Center in Southern Madagascar Today’s lead article is about the TSA and Hogle Zoo creating the Tortoise Conservation Centre in response to higher confiscations of tortoise. From the article, “Recognizing the need for a central facility that can adequately house the steady stream of confiscated tortoises while providing veterinary care, research opportunities, and reintroduction planning, the TSA/Hogle Zoo partnership begin planning […]

Two Turtles Rescued From an Otherwise Sickening Fate Had it not been for two watchful Florida residents, two turtles would have come to an unfortunate end in the Miami River. It was just an ordinary day at the river for Peter and Michael Oakes, but their experience was one they would never forget. The two friends doscovered two turtles that apparently had been chained together

The Plight of the Western Pond Turtle in Oregon Actinemys marmorata is an endangered species in Oregon and was once near extinction with only 150 remaining individuals left state-wide. Today this species still suffers from habitat destruction and degradation, urbanization, development for human habitation and also over-use of water sources. American western states and Mexico have been working with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Teenagers Rescue Sea Turtle in a Heroic Act Aaron Titshaw and Will Mercer, just a couple of teenagers enjoying another sunny day on the waters near Carrabelle, Florida. What would happen to them next is something they would never expect on such an ordinary day. Little did they know, a sea turtle just yards away was on its way to a slow and painful death;

Tangled Dermochelys coriacear spotted off west Cornwall Coast, UK A leatherback turtle has been spotted off the Cornish coast. A crew from the Mermaid Pleasure Trips found it caught on a pot-line buoy near Porthcurno. They were heading back from the Minack Theatre at the end of the 5pm cruise on Sunday, when they saw what appeared to be something tangled with one of the

Texas’ official sea turtle far below historical numbers The nesting season for the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is ending with zero nests found on either Galveston Island or the Bolivar Peninsula for the first time in at least a decade, although the number rose for the entire coast. The decline in nesting on the Upper Texas Gulf Coast comes as a recent study shows

New Study on Sea Turtle Microbiomes Sparks Interest Sea turtles are highly sensitive to the enviroment, which causes frequent fatalities when their habitat is disturbed. A new study is set to begin which will compare microbiomes between captive and wild populations of sea turtles. Headed by Professor Aubrey Tauer of City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College, the research will involve perfecting storage methods

Disheartening News Surrounds the Seychelles Friday marked a distressing event for the island of Curieuse in the Seychelles. Twenty-five hatchling giant tortoises from Curieuse were discovered to have been stolen from the island. This is disheartening news indeed, as there were orginally 28 hatchlings that were being kept in pens near the houses of the rangers. Allen Cedras, an officer of the Seychelles National Park

Glyptemys insculpta researchers step in to help NORTH OF DULUTH — About 200 yards off a railroad grade, researcher Maddy Cochrane waved her antenna in a semicircle to hear the strongest beep on her VHF radio receiver, then bolted off in that direction. The forest was thick with underbrush, big aspen trees and mosquitoes, and followers had to walk fast to keep up. It didn’t