Decks cleared for turtle conservation in Pilibhit
From the Times of India – PILIBHIT: The district administration will soon be signing a memorandum of understanding with US-based international organization, Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), for setting up a turtle rescue and conservation centre on the banks of Phulhar lake at Madhotanda village in Pilibhit’s Kalinagar tehsil…. READ MORE HERE. Learn more about our […]
U.S. Government Provides Critical Support to the Turtle Survival Alliance
For Immediate Release December 01, 2020U.S. Embassy Madagascar/USAID MadagascarPhone: +261/20-23-48000 x 2584 | AntananarivoPress@state.gov Phone: +261/20-23-48000 x 2730 | agklei@usaid.gov U.S. Government Provides Critical Support to the Turtle Survival Alliance$150,000 grant will ensure the survival of more than 24,000 confiscated tortoises ANTANANARIVO – The COVID-19 pandemic threatens more than the health and livelihoods of Madagascar’s […]
Volunteers Make a Huge Impact at the TSC
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† The TSC was slammed by a powerful ice storm on February 12. The ice didn’t last long, but the impact was significant, leaving behind tree damage reminiscent of a hurricane. Luckily, there was no damage done to any of the buildings on the property. Since there was already a volunteer event scheduled for […]
Florida Turtle Sampling Trips Set Record
by¬†Eric Munscher¬† The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) sampled several springs in Florida from March 21 to 30. The crew kicked sampling off at Manatee Springs with Dr. John Iverson (TSA Board) and his international class from Earlham College in Indiana. Due to the flooding in the Suwannee River, only about half of […]
Recent Confiscations in Belize Help Stock the Hicatee Conservation Research Center
by¬†Jacob Marlin¬† The new Hicatee Conservation Research Center (HCRC) in Belize is now open for business, which is a good thing for eight Central American River turtles, or Hicatee (Dermatemys mawii), that were confiscated recently. Spearheaded by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and created in partnership with the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education […]
Ploughshare Tortoises Among Shipment of 521 Seized at Ivato Airport in Madagascar
Herilala Randriamahazo (Director,¬†TSA Madagascar)¬†reported another large tortoise confiscation this week at the Ivato airport in Antananarivo. On Sunday, May 11, 521 tortoises ‚Äì all juveniles – were seized prior to being loaded on a Kenya Aiways flight to Nairobi; the smuggler ran away when his name was called by the information desk and was not […]
Hugh Quinn Assumes New Role with the TSA
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† Hugh Quinn (TSA Board) is the new Chair of the TSA’s Animal Management committee. Hugh visited the Turtle Survival Center (TSC) recently and spent a busy week working on a range of projects. He was on site mainly to review current animal management policies and procedures, and to “ground truth” our collection plan […]
Record Nesting for Burmese Roof Turtle
by¬†Rick Hudson¬† The joint Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) / Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) field team recently returned from the Upper Chindwin River in Myanmar where one of the world’s most critically endangered turtles is making a remarkable recovery. Feared extinct until “rediscovered” in 2002, when three specimens were found in a pagoda pond, the Burmese […]
Spring Brings a Buzz of Activity at the TSC
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† The Turtle Survival Center recently welcomed several groups of volunteers in late March and early April. On March 22, volunteers from Hofstra University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences visited South Carolina and quickly got to work. During their time there, the group worked with TSC staff to finish gathering the […]
Another banner year for the Sundarbans River Terrapin
by¬†Rick Hudson¬† For the third straight year, the survival prospects for one of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles, the Sundarbans River Terrapin (Batagur baska), have improved substantially. Recently we reported on a flurry of nesting activity at the breeding center at Bhawal National Park in Bangladesh, where six females laid clutches of eggs, including¬†a […]
Turtles Seized in Senegal
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† A group of 12 turtles were seized in late May at the airport of Dakar LLS and assigned to the TSA Africa team by the CITES authorities of Senegal.¬†The group was comprised of four African softshell turtles (Trionyx tringuis), four Home’s hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana), two Serrated hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys erosa) and two […]
Turtle Sampling Sessions Held in Texas and Florida
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) continued its amazing year with two large summer sampling sessions. In July, the group visited Comal Springs, in New Braunfels, Texas for the third time this year. The crew was able to capture and process 442 turtles, representing four species, over the course of three […]
