Rodney Lewis

Pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life A pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life after giving it the kiss of life for an hour. John Fletcher found 45-year-old Freda at the bottom of his garden pond limp and looking dead. Mr Fletcher said: “It must have been in there for at least an hour. I took it out and it was looking quite dead […]

Oman announces new initiative for protection of sea turtles in nature reserve A new Ministerial Decision intends to regulate Oman�s Turtle Reserve, in order to protect the turtles and allow for safe visits by the public. A new Ministry of Environment Decision has been issued, in order to regulate visitation to the Turtle Reserve, and protect its wildlife and animals from harm. �Sea turtles are

97 smuggled Geochelone elegans to fly back from Singapore to India At least 97 endangered Indian Star Tortoises, which were smuggled into Singapore, will soon be brought back to India where they will be released back into their natural habitat. Karnataka Forest Department and Wildlife SOS have taken the responsibility of repatriating the Indian Star Tortoises from Singapore. The Chief Wildlife Warden of Karnataka Sri

Emys blandingii finds home in Nebraska’s Sand Hills This was a Blanding�s turtle, Dennis Ferraro, a conservation biologist and herpetologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. And though this particular specimen didn�t seem to be enjoying himself at the moment, life in the Sand Hills is, for the species, pretty darn good. This summer the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced that the public had chosen

Mediterranean Sea ‘trashed’ by plastic waste The Mediterranean – Europe’s summer playground – is being trashed by accumulating plastic waste. Research suggests about 3,000 tons of the material is floating on the surface, with more added every year. And because the sea is almost fully enclosed the plastic is trapped – taking decades to break down. Not only are tourists swimming in the debris, marine

Sunderbans Tiger Reserve to home rare Batagur baska Before winter this year, three fresh water ponds in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve will house the rare Northern river terrapin (Batagur baska), whose presence in the wild in West Bengal and Odisha had declined to undetectable levels a decade ago. For the past ten years, officials of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve with support from experts at Turtle

Snapper steals angler�s catch on Down East lake Mark Danforth, a guide who works in the East Grand Lake area, had one of those tales unfold recently, when he and his �sport� learned that a resident snapping turtle was paying close attention to their fishing success. �After a half hour or so of constant top water action I was jumped by the arrival of a

Sea turtle worker seeks rewards but toils against predators The 2017 sea turtle nesting season is well underway. More than 4,000 nests have been laid across the South Carolina coast so far, nearly all of them loggerheads. The numbers are on pace for a second straight record season for the threatened species. Hundreds of thousands of turtles will hatch. But that’s only part of the

Portuguese artist creates mural to help New Brunswick�s wood turtle Art and activism have come together in the form of a mural that the artist hopes will inspire others to protect the very species he�s trying to create � the wood turtle. �I makes images and portraits of animals or elements of the nature with what kills them, the pollution, the trash, the contamination,� said