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Rafetus Breeding Attempt 2011
by: Dr. Gerald Kuchling With the glass barriers around both ponds at Suzhou Zoo having been completed in the summer of 2010, the male and...
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Thank you for supporting the TSA!
by: Heather Lowe The New Year is officially here and it’s time for us to say THANK YOU! In early December, we presented you with...
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Cautious Optimism for the Sulawesi Forest…
by: Charles Innis, VMD, DABVP Management of a sustainable captive population of the critically endangered Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) has been a priority of...
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Stocking up on School Supplies
by: Heather Lowe Rick Hudson (TSA President) is currently traveling in Madagascar with TSA Members Christina Castellano (The Orianne Society) and Michael Ogle (Knoxville Zoo)....
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Searching for the Burmese Roofed Turtle
by: Steve and Kalyar Platt The TSA/WCS Myanmar Program Turtle Team returned this week from a two month expedition up the Chindwin River in northwestern...
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TSA Conducts Tortoise Husbandry Workshops in…
by: Rick Hudson In response to the growing number of tortoise confiscations in Madagascar, and a lack of trained tortoise-care personnel and dedicated facilities, the...
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New TSA Captive Breeding Facility
by: Heather Lowe In response to the magnitude of the turtle extinction crisis, the TSA was founded on the belief that some critically endangered species...
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569 Radiated Tortoises seized at Airport…
by: Herilala Randriamahazo and Heather Lowe On October 10, two Asian passengers on an Air Madagascar flight to Bangkok, Thailand and Guangzhou, China were arrested...
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‘Tanintharyi Four’ Arrive in Yangon
by: Steve and Kalyar Platt Four adult (two males and two females) Asian Brown Tortoises (Manouria emys) arrived at the Yangon airport on Thursday, June...
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TSA Dedicates New School at Antsakoamasy
by: Rick Hudson From all over the Androy Region of southern Madagascar, they came: politicians, local officials, teachers, and of course the children – over...
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Film Highlights Growing Radiated Tortoise Crisis
by: Rick Hudson The TSA, in collaboration with The Orianne Society (TOS), hired noted South Africa-based wildlife film makers Moz Images to cover the rapidly...
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New Book Available on Myanmar’s Turtles
by: Steve Platt Sitting astride the southern border of China, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has been on the frontlines of the battle to save...
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