Category: Turtles & Tortoises Information & News

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Texas-based Sea Turtle Advocacy Nominated For Best Non-Profit Organization

Texas-based Sea Turtle Advocacy Nominated For Best Non-Profit Organization

Turtle Island Restoration Network is a finalist for the best non-profit organization award from Galveston.com [...]
64 Turtles Stolen From Okinawa Zoo

64 Turtles Stolen From Okinawa Zoo

Both species are listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource [...]
Juvenile Terrapins Released On Maryland Island

Juvenile Terrapins Released On Maryland Island

The turtles were rehabilitated before they were released. [...]
Northern California Woman Indicted For Illegally Exporting Turtles To Hong Kong

Northern California Woman Indicted For Illegally Exporting Turtles To Hong Kong

The woman did not have the permits to export the reptiles nor did she declare them to a U.S. official, the indictment claims. [...]

Two Arrested For Poaching More Than 4000 Wild Turtles In Florida

The investigation concluded that the poachers took more than 4,000 turtles from the wild illegally and sold them over a six month period [...]
21 People Infected By Salmonella Via Pet Turtles, CDC Says

21 People Infected By Salmonella Via Pet Turtles, CDC Says

Red-eared slider turtles, like all reptiles, carry Salmonella. [...]

Baby Sea Turtle Found With 104 Pieces of Marine Plastics In Its Stomach

The baby loggerhead starved to death after ingesting so much plastic pollution. [...]
Sea Turtle Speared In Florida Recovering At Turtle Hospital

Sea Turtle Speared In Florida Recovering At Turtle Hospital

Splinter is in recovery after the 3-foot long spear was removed from her body. [...]
Conservationists Sue USFWS For Denying Sonoran Desert Tortoise ESA Protections

Conservationists Sue USFWS For Denying Sonoran Desert Tortoise ESA Protections

The USFWS changed its mind on putting the tortoise on the Endangered Species Act list. [...]
Lawsuit to Be Filed to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat

Lawsuit to Be Filed to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat

Under new Trump administration rules, the green sea turtle would no longer be protected. [...]
4 Four-Eyed Turtles Hatched At Tennessee Aquarium

4 Four-Eyed Turtles Hatched At Tennessee Aquarium

The captive breeding program produced a pair of four-eyed turtles and two Beal's four-eyed turtles. [...]

Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Seeks Bra Hooks To Stitch Up Turtle Shells

The rescue has been seeing as many as 40 injured turtles a week during the last month. [...]
Man Straps GoPro Onto Turtle And Gets Some Cool Footage

Man Straps GoPro Onto Turtle And Gets Some Cool Footage

The GoPro footage is straight from the perspective of a red-eared slider. [...]

Dead Sea Turtle Found In Florida Entangled In Fishing Line And Plastic Trash

“Another reminder to leave only your footprints when visiting the beach!” [...]
Woman Arrested In Florida For Harassing Sea Turtle Nest

Woman Arrested In Florida For Harassing Sea Turtle Nest

Police and bystanders observed Yaqun Lu, from China poking and stomping on a sea turtle nest. [...]
Want To Intern In The Maldives To Help Sea Turtles? Read On!

Want To Intern In The Maldives To Help Sea Turtles? Read On!

The internship is two weeks and includes free room and board at the Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu resort. [...]
Turtle Island Restoration Network May Sue Florida Power & Light Co. For Incidental Taking of Sea Turtles

Turtle Island Restoration Network May Sue Florida Power & Light Co. For Incidental Taking of Sea Turtles

The nuclear plant operator has a “biological opinion” from the fisheries service that allows the incidental take of sea turtles. [...]
Arizona Game and Fish Desert Tortoises Up For Adoption

Arizona Game and Fish Desert Tortoises Up For Adoption

Once a desert tortoise is placed in captivity, it cannot be released back into the wild. [...]
US Marines Control Raven Populations To Save California Desert Tortoises

US Marines Control Raven Populations To Save California Desert Tortoises

The decline in Mojave desert tortoises is attributed to the increase in the raven population, according to the U.S. Marines. [...]
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