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Philippines Crisis Becoming Manageable
by Heather Lowe TSA’s Director of Animal Management Cris Hagen was the first member of the Turtle Survival Alliance staff to arrive in Palawan. After...
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Ray of Hope for the World’s…
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† The TSA, San Diego Zoo Global and Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo recently announced that working in conjunction with Changsha Zoo, Suzhou...
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Spotted Pond Turtles Return Home
by¬†Heather Lowe¬† TSA-India had a big reason to celebrate on World Turtle Day®. In coordination with the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra forest department and the...
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Crisis in the Philippines
by Heather Lowe  Dear Members and Friends, Our message today is so urgent, and so important to the continued survival of a critically endangered species, that...
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Turtle Surveys Conducted in Comal Springs
by: Heather Lowe In May, the North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) conducted turtle surveys in Comal Springs (New Braunfels, Texas) for the second...
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First Turtles Hatch in Belize
by Heather Barrett  Over a five-day period in mid-June, seven Central American River Turtles (Dermatemys mawii) hatched at the Hicatee Conservation and Research Center (HCRC). These...
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Radiated Tortoises Seized in Madagascar
by Rick Hudson  TSA Madagascar continues to be called on to manage confiscations of tortoises, both at the international airport in Antananarivo and in the rural...
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First Artificial Breeding Attempt for World’s…
by Heather Lowe In early July, Gerald Kuchling, the chelonian reproductive biologist who led a team that attempted artificial insemination on the world’s last known...
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Musk Turtle Data Needed
by Eric Munscher The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) recently gave a presentation on demographic variation of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)...
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Studying the reproductive ecology of the…
by¬†administrator¬† The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), with support from Ecopetrol and the Santo Domingo Foundation, are studying Dahl’s Toad-headed...
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Reproductive Assessments Conducted in Belize
by Rick Hudson  A TSA team recently assembled at the Hicatee Conservation and Research Center (HCRC) for the second round of husbandry evaluations and reproductive exams...
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Historic Rain Event Floods the Turtle…
by Heather Lowe While spared the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin, South Carolina has been inundated with historic levels of rain over the past weekend. Unprecedented...
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