Turtle Survival Alliance

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by: Heather Lowe The TSA is thrilled to announce that a verdict has been reached in a tortoise smuggling case in Madagascar from July 2011....

by: Heather Lowe The Sundarbans Batatgur or Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) is generally considered to be functionally extinct in thewild, with no known nesting...

by: Rick Hudson The TSA Madagascar Program is pleased to announce that the first of four planned tortoise rescue centers in the south has been...

by: Heather Lowe There is much reason to celebrate in Bangladesh with the recent discovery of TWO additional Sundarbans Batagur, or Northern River Terrapins (Batagur...

by: Heather Lowe The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) work together to conserve three of Myanmar’s critically endangered endemic turtles...

by: Rick Hudson The TSA is pleased to announce the hiring of Gregory Duplant as Project Coordinator for TSA Madagascar’s southern tortoise program. Gregory comes...

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...

by: Rick Hudson Throughout Asia, nesting season is just concluding for river terrapins (genus Batagur), where five of the six known species struggle to survive....

by Jacob Marlin  The new Hicatee Conservation Research Center (HCRC) in Belize is now open for business, which is a good thing for eight Central American...

Herilala Randriamahazo (Director, TSA Madagascar) reported another large tortoise confiscation this week at the Ivato airport in Antananarivo. On Sunday, May 11, 521 tortoises – all juveniles...

by Rick Hudson  The joint Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) / Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) field team recently returned from the Upper Chindwin River in Myanmar where...

by¬†Rick Hudson¬† For the third straight year, the survival prospects for one of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles, the Sundarbans River Terrapin (Batagur baska),...