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Janet test blog
by Jordan Gray ¬† Just as quickly as we said goodbye to most of “Team Radiata 1,” we have said “hello” or “salama” to a...
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Faces of the TSA! Volume 14
Who: Jay Allen What: Owner, Aquarium Innovations Where: Monroe, Georgia, USA Jordan Gray: What is your earliest childhood memory with a turtle or tortoise? Jay Allen: Because my father...
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Legendary Turtle Dies in Vietnam
The Turtle Survival Alliance has confirmed that one of the world’s four known remaining Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtles (Rafetus swinhoei), has died in Vietnam. This...
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World’s Rarest Turtle Discovered in Vietnam!
The Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation, Washington State University, and Turtle Survival Alliance are very excited to announce the confirmation of a Yangtze Giant...
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Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles Hatch in…
Yangon, Myanmar—TSA-Myanmar Director Kalyar Platt has announced the hatching of 67 Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles (Chitra vandijki) in Myanmar! A critically endangered species, the Burmese...
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Survival in the Sundarbans
With each passing year’s arrival of Spring in the Sundarbans, a time of critical importance emerges for the beleaguered Batagur baska, one of the most...
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Singapore Workshop Day 4 – Finding…
by Rick Hudson on February 28, 2011 Day 4 finally rolled around and it was time to sit back and listen to presentations on some of what are...
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The Hicatee Turtle – Belize’s National…
Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE), Turtle Survival Alliance, and partners are once again observing October as Hicatee Awareness Month. Throughout the month,...
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Radiated Tortoise Relief Effort Update
Since Saturday morning, TSA Madagscar lead veterinarian Dr. Ny Aina Tiana Rakotoarisoa and keepers Avimasy, José, and Tsito have been on the ground performing health...
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Massive Radiated Tortoise Seizure
For Immediate Release October 27, 2018 Charleston, South Carolina ‚Äì It’s happened again. Only 6 months after more than 10,000 Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) were...
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Team Work Makes The Snapper Dream…
This past weekend, our TSA-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (TSA-NAFTRG) performed their regular sampling for our long-term population monitoring and species distribution assessment for...
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Rescued Tortoises Find Save Haven In…
In the two weeks since our last update, the TSA Madagscar team deployed to assist the more than 7,000 Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) seized from...
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