Hatch Rate Boosted In Cayman Turtle Farm The Cayman Turtle Farm reached a higher hatch rate by improving their turtle diet ; read more about how involved is a biology professor with Eastern Box Turtles ; In the section Misc, read more about the oldest Galapagos tortoise enjoying a nice Halloween treat in the San Diego Zoo Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Cayman […]
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Philippines Crisis Recap From The TSA Many of you may remember the turtle crisis that happened in the Philippines this summer 2015. A sum up of what happened, how the TSA dealt with the situation and what is the output of it can be found here on the TSA’s website. Long story short, 6 turtles remain in care, the overall mortality was 11.5% which is
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Tortoises Confiscated On Madagascar The Turtle Survival Alliance was called one more time to assist an illegal seizure on Madagascar. 771 Critically Endangered tortoises (Astrochelys radiata and Astrochelys yniphora) were confiscated on the island of Madagascar on September. Earlier this month, the TSA was called for the same purpose when officials confiscated 305 Astrochelys radiata. This is a total of more than 1000 Critically Endangered
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New Hope For Psammobates Geometricus With 95% of its natural habitat destroyed, something had to be done. Rainforest Trust in collaboration with the Turtle Conservancy and South African Turtle Conservation Trust recently purchased 212 acres of shrubland habitat. This protected area is the natural habitat of the Endangered Psammobates geometricus and will likely provide space for 200 tortoises. This species’ total wild population is less
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62 Vulnerable Turtles And Tortoises Rescued In Pakistan It is pretty uncommon yet it happened in Pakistan : 62 vulnerable turtles and tortoises were discovered by the roadside. The circumstances of this discovery remains unknown but they believe these turtles were discarded by illegal wildlife traders. 25 reptiles were already dead. Both species Testudo horsfieldii and Geoclemys hamiltonii are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN
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How Plastic Bags Kill Sea Turtles Plastic bags is the most common problem for wildlife. One single plastic bag can have several impacts on a turtle when it is ingested. A study in Australia shows autopsy photos of how plastic bags kill sea turtle. Even though they are banned in most parts of Australia, about 180 millions bags are discarded as litter each year nationally.
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DJ Carl Cox Help Raising Awareness In today’s Conservation section find more about DJ Carl Cox who helps raise the profile of the issue of people throwing garbage into the ocean. In the H&M section, a turtle rescue ambulance was given to a turtle center in India, and you should definitely check out that story where an infection caused the death of 1268 green sea
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A Turtle Swimsuit For Collecting Poo How to mix cuteness and research ? Check out that innovative sea turtle swimsuit in the research section. In the conservation section a fisherman released a sea turtle that got caught in his nets. I also encourage you to read more about that sea turtle conservation project in Greece. Finally, in the Misc section, a turtle vendor is asked
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The Gladys Porter Zoo Receives Top Honors From The AZA The Gladys Porter Zoo received top honors from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for its Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Binational Conservation Program. The “North American Conservation Award” is given to organizations that showed tremendous efforts for habitat conservation and restoration and support of biodiversity in the wild. This year and through their Kemp’s Ridley
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