Rodney Lewis

Endangered juvenile Chelonia mydas are being sold in Karachi markets Juvenile Chelonia mydas turtle are being solid in different markets in Karachi. The presence of recreational huts along the Sandspit beaches of Karachi, which is the breeding site of Chelonia mydas, stray dogs and crows, are posing serious threats to this endangered species of the sea turtles, but now illegall poaching is becoming another serious […]

Kinixys homeana smuggled into U.S. find new home at Dallas Zoo Fifteen threatened tortoises smuggled into the U.S. and confiscated in Miami are now recuperating at the Dallas Zoo. The Home’s hinge-back tortoises were smuggled into the U.S. on a plane in November. U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspectors intercepted the shipment. When no one claimed them, a call went out for accredited groups to take

The first turtle rescue centre opens in the Maldives Coco Collection (a luxury hotel management company) and the Olive Ridley Project have signed an official partnership agreement and opened the first Turtle Rescue Centre at Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu. The center is complete with a resident Veterinary Surgeon leading the operation. Coco Collection announced the official and exclusive partnership with the Olive Ridley Project in

Turtle hatchlings dying in extreme heat at Mon Repos Piles of dead turtle hatchlings are lining Queensland’s famous Mon Repos beach amid a heatwave which has pushed the sand’s temperature to a record 75 degrees Celsius. While the majority of hatchlings break free from their nests at night when the sand is cooler, those escaping in the day face overheating. “They can’t sweat, they can’t

Will turtles and tourism always be at loggerheads? The Mediterranean hosts three of the world’s seven turtle species: the green, the leatherback and the loggerhead, though the latter is the only species that nests in Greek waters. All turtle populations in the Mediterranean have been under pressure for decades and suffered outright persecution and hunting through the first half of the 20th century. Whilst actual

When Will ‘Mojave Maxine’ Emerge? Mojave Maxine, a desert tortoise at The Living Desert, is celebrating her 9th year of announcing spring has arrived. Students in grades K-12 from throughout Southern California will have the opportunity to predict when the 40-year old desert tortoise, who lives at The Living Desert, will rouse from her brumation (hibernation for reptiles) and make her first appearance of 2017,

Scan results ‘good news’ for health of stranded Lepidochelys olivacea The Anglesey Sea Zoo team were up at 04:00 GMT to accompany Menai on the four-and-a-half hour, 267-mile (429 km) journey to the Hatfield college in a temperature-controlled van to receive a CAT scan. Menai is the first Olive Ridley turtle to be sighted in the UK since records began in 1748. She was severely

Colder weather causing havoc for turtles in the UAE As the colder weather creeps in, conservationists are urging beachgoers to be on the alert for stranded turtles. Warren Baverstock, operations manager for the Aquarium and Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project at the Burj Al Arab, said more turtles were expected to wash up on beaches in the coming weeks. “November to March is the main season

6,325 Wild Turtles Confiscated in India On 10 January 2017, the Special Task Force and Forestry Department in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India confiscated one of the largest illegal turtle seizures in India when it intercepted 6,325 river turtles. Upon the seizure of these animals, the Turtle Survival Alliance was called in to help identify, sort, triage, and ultimately release these animals back into the wild.