Turtle Survival Alliance

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by: Kalyar Platt, PhD Recognizing that future conservation efforts for Burmese star tortoises (Geochelone platynota) hinge on developing successful captive breeding programs to supply tortoises...

by: Heather Lowe You may have read about the recent reintroduction of confiscated radiated tortoises into the Ampotaka sacred forest in September. These tortoises (157...

by: Emily King The fourth season for the Rafetus breeding project has come to an end, without the results that we were all hoping for....

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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...