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TSA Opens New Turtle and Tortoise Facilities in Myanmar

by¬†Rick Hudson¬† It‚Äôs official!!   Myanmar‚Äôs first turtle and tortoise rescue facility was dedicated on December 6, at the Zeepin Forest Reserve, Ban Bwe Tree Nursery, about 17 miles east of...
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TSA India Hosts Two Awareness Events

by Heather Lowe  To commemorate World Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2013, the TSA-India Turtle Conservation Program and Uttar Pradesh Forest Department jointly organized an awareness program in the Garhaita Turtle...
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NAFTRG Conducts Surveys in Florida and Expands its Reach

by Eric Munscher  The 14th annual summer Florida park sampling occurred during late July despite extremely harsh weather and atypical conditions. The NAFTRG sampled Manatee Springs July 19-21, 2013. Prior to,...
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Turtle Confiscations in Myanmar

by¬†Rick Hudson¬† The TSA‚Äôs new Turtle Rescue Center (TRC) in Myanmar is a busy place these days after the second recent confiscation of Yellow Tortoises (Indotestudo elongata).  A total of 136...
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Madagascar Tortoise Smugglers Sentenced

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 (click here for the story). One of...
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NAFTRG Conducts Turtle Surveys in Texas

by Heather Lowe  The North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (NAFTRG) sampled the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, Texas for the fifth time (second time in 2013) from April 12 -14....
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