Rodney Lewis

Turtle Rescues NSW saving turtles from Sydney’s dams Turtle Rescues New South Wales are a group of turtle mad volunteers that are often called in at short notice to rescue turtles. Click the link to read more about their work. Article quote ” Shane Davies and Neville Parkes share a passion for turtles and they have a group of volunteers that share that love. “No […]

WHOI scientists tracking leatherbacks capitalize on moment It was the best possible outcome for engineer Amy Kukulya and biologist Kara Dodge, the duo behind last year’s TurtleCam crowdfunding project. They were able to tag and track a leatherback turtle for four hours and capture huge amounts of data and video of the creature’s feeding habits and behavior. And best of all, the TurtleCam — a

Turtle Survival Alliance interview their Veterinary Care Manager Sheena Koeth is the Veterinary Care Manager for TSA, and has spent the last half of August in Madagascar, visiting and evaluating the TSA’s tortoise confiscation centers. Read about her experiences in this article. Article quote:- TSA and its facilities has been a true life saver for Malagasy tortoises. To visit these facilities and see the sheer

Conservation Efforts to Protect Endangered Turtles of Sulawesi Sulawesi, Indonesia, is home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. Although rich in biodiversity, Sulawesi has only two endemic turtles: the Endangered Forsten’s Tortoise and the Critically Endangered Sulawesi Forest Turtle. This project proposes to conduct surveys to determine current population sizes and distributions of these turtles, initiating a long-term project to support turtle conservation,

Great Barrier Reef Project Saves 60K Green Turtles A project to raise the height of a green turtle nesting area has helped save eggs and hatchlings. The project on Raine Island, north-west of Cairns, where 60,000 green turtles lay their eggs, marks a positive start for the five-year project and is hoped to expand on other sites. The Raine Island Recovery Project involved raising the

Kane County Department of Transportation to protect Emys blandingii When construction is taking place wildlife is being effected in some way. Read what the constructions crews at the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor are doing to protect wildlife. Quote: The Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor construction crews will need to learn what a Blanding’s turtle looks like, how to protect it and what to do if one

Two entangled Dermochelys coriacea rescued at Cape cod bay Two leatherback sea turtles have been disentangled yesterday in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusets by the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS). Click the link to read more… SPCA rescue read-eared sliders and smuggler foiled again, see the Crime & Punishment section. Sea turtle tracking and beach clean ups

Harnessing new technology to unlock the secrets of Natator depressus A new tracking harness for flatback sea turtles has found some are travelling hundreds of kilometres out to sea, helping to unlock the secrets of these mysterious creatures. Quotes: “Flatbacks have always been difficult because we just couldn’t get a good harness attachment as their skin is rather oily,” he said. “The epoxy resin we

Turtles cannot clean the sludge in the River Ganga On Aug 20, an IANS news release said the state’s Chief Minister, Harish Rawat, had approved a 500-acre turtle breeding facility in Rishikesh. The scavengers will then be released in the River Ganga. Good news you would think? Article quote: This is not a new initiative. The first river clean up program was launched in 1986.