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Found around the world in rivers, deserts, jungles, and our own backyards, it’s easy to assume tortoises and freshwater turtles will always be here. But the very traits that once helped them survive render them vulnerable to extinction today.
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To save turtles, we all play a role. Every day, tortoises and freshwater turtles around the globe face pressing threats. Your support equips us to support species where and how they need us most.

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Vietnam

Saving the Swinhoe’s Giant Softshell Turtle

Turtle Survival Alliance works with primary partners Asian Turtle Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Government of Vietnam to discover and confirm individuals of Swinhoe’s Giant Softshell
Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in Dong Mo and Xuan Khanh lakes in northern Vietnam. This is achieved through visual surveys, eDNA technology, and capture-and-release.
Turtle Survival Alliance also works with Asian Turtle Program, The Gregory Family Foundation, and the Government of Vietnam to build and maintain an assurance colony of Southern Vietnam Box Turtles (Cuora picturata) in Cúc Phương National Park.

Key Species

Key Species

Sacalia quadriocellata

Four-eyed Turtle

Critically Endangered

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Rafetus swinhoei

Swinhoe’s Giant Softshell Turtle

Critically Endangered

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Vietnam

Lead Partners and Supporters

Asian Turtle Program,  Wildlife Conservation Society,  Government of Vietnam including: Forest Protection Department, Viet Nam Forest Administration, Fisheries Department, Biodiversity Conservation Agency of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Finance Department, Natural Resources and Environment Department, Planning and Investment Department, Science and Technology, Tourism, Culture and Sport, Ba Vì district People’s Committee, Son Tây town People’s Committee, and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology,  Gregory Family Charitable Fund

Additional Support is Provided by:

Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation,  Auckland Zoo, Birdlife International,  British Chelonia Group,  Browse Poster UK,  Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies,  Viet Nam National University,  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Zoological Society,  Columbus Zoo and Aquarium,  Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund,  Education for Nature, Re:wild,  International Union for the Conservation of Nature,  Island Foundation,  The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund,  Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong,  Panaphil and Uphill Foundations,  Turtle Conservation Fund,  Turtle Survival Alliance,  George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust,  Washington State University,  WCS Canada,  Zoological Society of London 

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Long Nguyen
Tim McCormack
Andrew Walde
Lonnie McCaskill
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