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NAFTRG Adds Wood Turtle Study Site

by Jordan Gray What do you get when you add a group of gung-ho turtle enthusiasts, hours of satellite reconnaissance, hundreds of emails, permit applications and cool montane streams? Wood turtles...and...
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Assurance Colony for Eyed Turtles Brings Hope in Myanmar

by Kalyar Platt  Earlier this month the TSA/WCS Myanmar Turtle Team transferred 24 Burmese Eyed Turtles (Morenia ocellata) to a recently established assurance colony near Bago, about 45 miles north of...
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NAFTRG Update

by Howard Goldstein  Given the TSA’s involvement all over the globe, it can be easy to forget that the United States is the turtle capital of the world, with the greatest...
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Interview with TSA’s Sheena Koeth

by Howard Goldstein  Sheena Koeth is the Veterinary Care Manager for TSA, and has spent the last half of August in Madagascar, visiting and evaluating TSA’s tortoise confiscation centers.Q: What were...
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UPDATE - NAFTRG Florida Sampling

by¬†Chris Clark¬† Not all of the NAFTRG sampling events have succombed to hurricane Matthew! ------------------We will be moving ahead with the Weeki Wachee Sampling THIS WEEKEND!! We will meet at Weeki...
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Second TSC Cuora Complex Update

by¬†Howard Goldstein¬† 2017 is poised to be another great year for the Turtle Survival Center (TSC), as a second Cuora Complex moves ever nearer to completion.The genus Cuora, or Asian Box...
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