Rodney Lewis

The disaster that keeps on giving The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is again in the headlines in a report by the National Wildlife Federation released Monday, March 30th. BP released their five year findings on March 17th. With BP’s report being being marked as premature in its recovery findings and BP saying the National Wildlife Federation report is politically motivated, somewhere between the two […]

From Prison Island to Tortoise Haven The island of Changuu off the Zanzibar coast in Tanzania has performed may roles in its past. From a slave hold in the 19th century, a quarantine station for yellow fever suffers and now a tourist stop. The island is also home to several Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea), the oldest of which is approximately 191 years old. The

People love turtles Judging from the 800+ people who passed through the doors of the Kawartha Turtle Truama Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada during their four hour open house, interest in how they are helping turtles was high. We’re big fans of the work KTTC is doing and are excited that so many people came out to this event. Great to see awareness happening of

Bellinger Turtle crisis update on Monday The Department of Primary Services are holding an open house for members of the public seeking an update on the crisis. It will be interesting to here their findings. So far more that 300 turtles have died from the virus which is traveling up stream. Turtle News From Around the World Education Montana State University graduate student fascinated with

80,000 eggs in two days Odisha’s Gahirmatha saw the return of Olive Ridley turtles after a year of absence. Over a two day period they laid an estimated 80,000 eggs in the first two days at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, considered to the be largest rookery of the Olive Ridley turtles. Turtle News From Around the World Conservation Happy ending for green turtle in a

Wow! A rare 500lb leather back turtle is rescued. A 226kg Leatherback sea turtle is rescued from Yawley-South Island Reserve beach by five people after being reported as sick. It is now at the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital where it is recovering. This a rare event and possibly only the fifth record in the United States of America. Turtle News From Around the

17 Kemp’s Ridley Turtles head home. Turtlepalooza sees the Georgia Sea Turtle Centre release 17 cold stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. If you have been following the news over the winter you will know it was a record year for cold stuns with over 1300 being taken in by rescues. It’s always heart warming to see them released back into the wild despite the adverse

The Sea Turtle License Plate For the past twenty years the sea turtle license plate has provided a regular income for Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Program. When director David Godfrey first started at the Sea Turtle Conservancy, he realized a regular income was required to keep Florida’s Marine Turtle Protection Program running. This was by no means a small feat of achievement, requiring many years