Saving Turtles in Madagascar
The over-arching goal of the Turtle Survival Alliance Madagascar program is to engage communities to protect tortoises in their native habitat, conserve forests through active management, dissuade poaching through revitalizing cultural traditions and holding those accountable who break them, seize and provide long-term care for illegally collected tortoises, infiltrate and dismantle tortoise poaching networks, and return tortoises to the wild where and when possible.
Turtle Survival Alliance accomplishes these goals by providing rapid response, triage, acute veterinary care, and long-term care for tortoises seized from illegal wildlife trade, establishing community conservation areas, reintroducing confiscated tortoises to the wild, conducting post-release monitoring, promoting and providing sustainable alternative livelihoods, building schools and water source infrastructure, and engaging in community outreach and awareness.
Key Species
Key Species
Madagascar
Lead Partners and Supporters
- Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz (AGA) e.V.,
- Animal Survival International,
- Association of Zoos & Aquariums SAFE Program,
- Bonnie Raphael,
- British Chelonia Group,
- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium,
- Dallas Zoo,
- Disney Conservation Fund,
- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo,
- Gregory Family Charitable Fund,
- Honolulu Zoo,
- Indianapolis Zoo,
- Jill Jollay,
- Matt Patterson/Stoneridge Art St,
- Milwaukee County Zoo,
- Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable,
- Natural Encounters Conservation Fund,
- Oklahoma City Zoo,
- Parken Zoo,
- Robert & Denise Krause,
- Roy Young / Nature’s Own,
- Seneca Park Zoo,
- St. Louis Zoo Wild Care Institute ,
- Tyler Brooks Family ,
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ,
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of International Conservation,
- Utah’s Hogle Zoo,
- Wildlife Conservation Society ,
- Will Ahrens,
- William and Development (USAID) ,
- Zoo Boise,
- Zoo Knoxville,
- Zoo Med Laboratories