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Seawalls on Singer Island Harms Sea Turtles Today’s main news is related to the seawall constructed on Singer Island by condominium associations. Turtle conservations groups filled a formal notice in order to sue the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for authorizing such a harmful project. Read more about it in section Ecology. The good news for today are found in section Conservation where you can

Hatchling of Palawan Forest Turtle Gives More Evidence Of Poaching The Palawan Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) is a critically endangered species endemic to the Palawan island in the philippines. Its major threats, as many other speckes, are poaching for the international pet trade, for food and for traditional medicine. While this species is fully protected under domestic legislation, the international trade of captive-bred animals is

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

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

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

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

Emys marmorata Found In The Bull Run Watershed The Bull Run Watershed is the primary drinking water supply in Portland. A Portland Water Bureau watershed specialist came across a western pond turtle while he was working. The turtle was crossing the road where either side is just dense forest and is located at least 1 mile away from any pond or waterbody. This turtle is