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Singapore Turtle Conservation Workshop - Day 2

by Rick Hudson  On Tuesday morning - day two of the workshop - the seventy workshop participants reviewed the “Red List,” an internationally recognized database of the world’s most vulnerable species....
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Singapore Workshop Day 3 - Strategizing Conservation Efforts

by Rick Hudson on February 28, 2011 With all the country and trade reports as background information, and with the Red-listing behind us, the stage was finally set for the critical Day 3...
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Turtles In Trouble

Click here  for a PDF version of the full report. The plight of the planet's tortoises and turtles -- creatures that have roamed the Earth for 220 million years -- has...
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Turtle Conservation Workshop Opens in Singapore

by Rick Hudson  We were happy to see some old friends and meet some new ones at the Conservation of Asian Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles workshop at the Singapore Zoo. Over...
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Turtle Nests Protected In India

Surveys were resumed in late January to assess the status of nesting banks and enumerate associated threats for two endangered species of Batagur in India. After a rapid reconnaissance, two protected riverside...
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Rescued Temple Turtle Lays Eggs

by Heather Lowe The group of yellow-headed temple turtles (Hieremys annandalii) that was recently rescued from a confiscation in Hong Kong and imported by the TSA seems to be settling into...
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