Notable New Hatch!
On Monday, October 16, 2022, the first Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle hatched at Turtle Survival Alliance’s Turtle Survival Center…
Ginny Waller, Esq. Appointed Interim Executive Director of Turtle Survival Alliance
For Immediate Release: Ginny Waller, Esq. appointed Interim Executive Director of Turtle Survival Alliance
Asian Giant Tortoises Return to the Chattogram Hill Tracts of Bangladesh
For Immediate Release CONTACT: JORDAN GRAY, Turtle Survival Alliance, (912) 659-0978, jgray@turtlesurvival.org Ten captive-bred Asian Giant Tortoises released into community-managed forest in Chattogram Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.Release represents first-ever rewilding of a Critically Endangered tortoise species in the country.Post-release animal movement and survival monitoring will be performed by reformed hunters from indigenous communities trained as parabiologists […]
Madagascar Conservationists Release 1000 Critically Endangered Radiated Tortoises Into the Wild
It will encourage “site fidelity”, meaning the tortoises won’t stray far once they’re out, said Rick Hudson, president of the Turtle Survival Alliance, the organization behind the project. “If you have a protected area with a supportive community, you want them to stay there when they’re released,” he said. The TSA is currently looking after […]
Boxed In: Hinge Closing Performance of Wild and Head-started Ornate Box Turtles (Terrepene ornata) – Gina Buelow
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Rescuing Chelodina kuchlingi from Genetic Swamping and Displacement Following Five Decades of Range Expansion of Chelodina walloyarrina: Securing Genetically Pure Founders for Assurance Colonies – GERALD KUCHLING
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Breakthrough in Turtle Genetics Sends 27 Alligator Snapping Turtles Home to Texas
For Immediate Release August 16, 2021 CONTACT: JORDAN GRAY, Turtle Survival Alliance, (912) 659-0978, jgray@turtlesurvival.org Twenty-seven Alligator Snapping Turtles seized from illegal trafficking returned to the wild in Texas.Turtle Survival Alliance and Tangled Bank Conservation collaborated on an innovative genetic map to guide wild repatriation.Genetic database will serve as a tool for state and federal […]
Kentucky man illegally sold large numbers of turtles bound for China
“Eastern Box Turtles are protected from commercial trade in every state in which they naturally occur, but with their colorful markings, they are valued in the pet trade, with China and Taiwan as particular destinations, said Jordan Gray, a biologist with the South Carolina-based¬†Turtle Survival Alliance. The turtle is increasingly a species of concern for […]
Into the Field and Under the Water: Tracking Hatchling Hicatees
by Jonathan Dubon, BFREE My name is Jonathan Dubon and I am the Wildlife Fellow at the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE), a biological field station and private reserve in the foothills of the Maya Mountains in southern Belize. Here, I work at the Hicatee Conservation and Research Center (HCRC) which is […]
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) Distribution and Conservation Status in West Virginia – Joel Mota
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Faces of Turtle Conservation: Nafisa Islam
Who: Nafisa Islam What: Social Media Manager, Creative Conservation Alliance (CCA) Where: Dhaka, Bangladesh What’s your background? I completed my Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from Asian University for Women (AUW), Chattogram, Bangladesh. I also had a minor in Development Studies. I was always into wildlife conservation and knew that I wanted to work […]
TSA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Report 2021
Read the report HERE! The TSA will continue to work to ensure that the duties, responsibilities, and objectives outlined in the EDI Mandate are delivered and we encourage input from our membership and volunteers on these issues!
