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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...
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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,...
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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...
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TSA Hatches Second Ploughshare Tortoise in…
That makes two! We are excited to announce the hatching of a second Ploughshare Tortoise from our assurance group in Madagascar. This precious tortoise entered...
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Critically Endangered Black Softshells Return to…
For the first time ever, juvenile headstarted Black Softshell Turtles (Nilssonia nigricans) from Nagshankar Temple’s captive adult population were released into the wild‚ 22 of...
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800 Radiated Tortoises Rescued in Madagascar!
This past weekend, TSA-Madagascar staff assisted in the seizure of 811 juvenile Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) from poachers in southern Madagascar. The TSA Madagasikara team...
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10 Royal Turtles Released into their…
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE image:[wcs.jpeg] Kampong Seila (Jan 28, 2021) ‚ The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Department of Fisheries Conservation of the...
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Turtle Community Comes to the Aid…
In late December, the Northeast Monsoon Winds swept over the South China Sea bringing with them pounding rain to Peninsular Malaysia. By the first week...
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The World’s Rarest Turtle Has a…
Conservationists confirmed that a Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle found in Vietnam is female, reigniting hope for saving the species. From the New York Times – By...
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Sea Turtle Rescue Effort Update from…
As many of you are aware by now, the State of Texas was besieged by a winter storm that left many areas covered in snow...
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Preparing for Tortoise Reintroduction in Myanmar
by: Heather Lowe The Turtle Survival Alliance has been part of a highly successful collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Myanmar to conserve...
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A Momentous Event Unfolding in Cambodia!
Will she, or won’t she…only time will tell! In Cambodia, an adult female Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) has been testing the sands of a...
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