Rodney Lewis

Tortoise enthusiast.

World Turtle News, 09/16/2015

Landmark ruling for sea turtles The Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) adopted a strict new rule for California’s drift gillnet fishery to protect nine vulnerable marine species. The rule will institute new “hard caps” on limits. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center will release six sea turtles at 3 p.m. this Friday. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring reported Sept. 9 that at least […]

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World Turtle News, 09/15/2015

Sea turtles eat plastic The two articles in the Conservation section talk about the problem of plastic ending up in the ocean and then being ingested by sea turtles. Detroit zoo take in rescued pacific pond turtle. Ozzie the loggerhead is returned to the ocean with a video highlighting the devotion and emotion the volunteers put in to there work, plus more. Turtle News From

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World Turtle News, 09/13/2015

Pelodiscus sinensis found on Quincy beach Two Pelodiscus sinensis, Chinese softshell turtle, have been found on a beach in Quincy alarming New England Aquariums marine rescue team, in the Ecology section. A snapper and a loggerhead have been given a helping hand, Maui Ocean Center welcomed six new green sea turtle hatchlings, a loggerhead is released, people cleaning up beach trash and more, all in

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World Turtle News, 09/08/2015

1.90 Metric Tons of meat seized over two years Pakistan Customs have seized 1.90 Metric Tons of dried meat of fresh water turtles from smugglers over the past two years. The Pakistani Customs have increase there vigilance to combat the smugglers, in the Crime & Punishment section. The NEAQ are grearing up for 2015 turtle season, Conservation section. And another therapy tortoise, in the Miscellany

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World Turtle News, 09/06/2015

Girl Scout realeases sea turtles A two year project by an Ocean Springs Girl Scout saw the release of four sea turtles into the Mississippi sound, an article on the USGS use of satellite trackers to gather data about the Dry Tortugas Loggerheads and desert tortoises roam around a biology lab and more in the Conservation section. The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre opens a new

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World Turtle News, 09/01/2015

China seize 620 turtles and tortoise In a shipment traveling from Vietnam to China, officials find 620 tortoises and turtles illegally stowed away and seize them; in the Crime & Punishment section. Sea turtle enthusiasts watch hatchlings emerge at Pensacole Beach, Con Dao forest rangers help sea turtles, see the Conservation section. Plus lots more… Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Memorable night for

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World Turtle News, 08/25/2015

From poacher to conservationist The top story in the Conservation section is about Tabu Khajare, a poacher in Tanzania who applied for a job as a conservationist and now looks after the turtles he once poached. Also a sea turtle release and article about the sea turtles on Chichijima. Plus others. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation ‘I feel like their mother’: Adorable story

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World Turtle News, 08/23/2015

3,000 spiny softshell turtles to be released The Upper Thames Conservation Authority (UTRCA) reports a record-breaking year as their Species at Risk Reptile Team prepares to release 3,000 spiny softshell turtles back into the Thames River. Scott Gillingwater, said the record number of hatchlings being released this year is a positive sign that work over the past two decades is beginning to pay dividends; see

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