NAFTRG Receives Award for Turtle Work in Texas
by: Eric Munscher The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) sampled the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, Texas for the sixth time (third time in 2013) from September 20-22, 2013. Comal Springs is the headwaters to the Comal River and represents a very important ecological region in Texas. This area is an iconic site […]
Star Tortoise Pre-Release Pens Built in Myanmar
by: Heather Lowe The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) work together to conserve three of Myanmar’s critically endangered endemic turtles and tortoises. Since 2009, the TSA has been aggressively pursuing a conservation campaign to conduct field research, coordinate rescue operations for turtles confiscated from the wildlife trade, hold training workshops […]
Project Coordinator Hired in Madagascar
by: Rick Hudson The TSA is pleased to announce the hiring of Gregory Duplant as Project Coordinator for TSA Madagascar’s southern tortoise program. Gregory comes to us from WCS Cambodia and brings a wealth of experience in working with indigenous people and promoting grassroots conservation. Gregory will be responsible for mobilizing TSA’s Confiscation to Reintroduction […]
Turtle Survival Center Snapshot: Construction
by: Heather Lowe This is the first of a three-part series in our blog, highlighting the progress that has been made in our first year at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC).Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer What a difference a year makes! The Turtle Survival Alliance took possession of the TSC in January and to […]
Another Great Year of Turtle Research for the NAFTRG
by: Eric Munscher The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) sampled the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, Texas for the seventh time (fourth time in 2013) from November 8-10. We captured 442 turtles during this trip, bringing the yearly total for Comal Springs to 1,755 captured and processed turtles. The first sampling session for […]
Turtle Survival Center Snapshot: The Collection
by: Heather Lowe This is the second of a three-part series in our blog, highlighting the progress that has been made in our first year at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC).Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer While the flurry of construction at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC) has been exciting, a new building pales in […]
Alligator Farm Raises Funds for Turtles
by: Heather Lowe The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is known for their crocodilians, but they turned their attention to turtles at the end of 2013. Throughout November and December, the Alligator Farm raised funds for the Turtle Survival Alliance through their ‘donate a dollar’ program at the gate, in addition to piggy banks throughout the […]
Turtle Research Course Conducted in Brazil
by: R. Vogt The 25th annual graduate level course on Field Methods for Conducting Research with Freshwater Turtles in the Brazilian Amazon was conducted October 1-12, 2013 with the financial support of Turtle Survival Alliance. This year, 15 students from diverse regions of Brazil and Portugal participated in the course, including five students who are […]
Turtle Survival Center Snapshot: Community
by: Heather Lowe This is the third of a three-part series in our blog, highlighting the progress that has been made in our first year at the Turtle Survival Center (TSC). None of our progress at the Turtle Survival Center would be possible without the support of our community ‚ both the local community in […]
Installing Buoys to Protect African Turtles
by: Heather Lowe The Tocc Tocc Community Nature Reserve at Lac de Guiers in northern Senegal serves as an important aquatic habitat for many wild species, including the Adanson’s Mud Terrapin (Pelusios adansonii) and the African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis). Unfortunately, for many years this area has been subjected to a variety of threats including over-fishing […]
Turtle News of the Decade!
image:[Photo credit: Wildlife Conservation Society – Vietnam] HA NOI , VIET NAM | DECEMBER 18, 2020 The Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have made dramatic progress to possibly prevent the extinction of Swinhoe’s Softshell […]
Visiting the Batagur program in Bangladesh
by Heather Lowe A team from the Turtle Survival Alliance recently visited Bhawal National Park in Bangladesh, home to one of the captive assurance colonies of the Sundarbans river terrapin (Batagur baska) that was assembled over the past few years. This colony is thriving and in 2013, for the second consecutive year, the world’s known […]
