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ENDANGERED TORTOISE SPECIES
Florida has moved more than 97,000 gopher tortoises since 2009, but the booming rescue industry may be hiding a harder question about whether these reptiles can actually survive the shuffle- Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
- Forest fires in Uttarakhand threaten rare Himalayan fauna, say experts
- Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise speciesThe US wildlife officials have reached an agreement with Ted Turner's Endangered Species Fund to release more Bolson tortoises on the media...23 Sep, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
- In a first, ten captive-bred critically endangered Asian Giant Tortoise to be rewilded in NagalandThis first monitored rewilding of the critically endangered tortoise in India comes after over five years of conservation breeding efforts ...20 Dec, 2022, 11.17 AM IST
- World Turtle Day 2022 - Interesting facts and significanceWorld Turtle Day is observed on May 23 in an attempt to recognize the importance of this species on earth. More awareness is being created ...23 May, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
- A fifth of world's reptile species deemed threatened with extinctionMany reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amp...27 Apr, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
- Tortoise species new to India discovered in Arunachal jungle25 Jun, 2019, 09.04 PM IST
- 21 rare tortoises seized along Indo-Bangla borderTwenty-one rare tortoises were seized by BSF troops while they were being smuggled across the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, offici...23 Apr, 2015, 07.34 PM IST
- 60 tortoises seized from air passenger in ChennaiCustoms officials at Chennai airport on Saturday seized 60 star tortoises from a 35-year-old man who was trying to smuggle them to Bangkok ...10 Aug, 2014, 02.58 AM IST
- Srikurmam village temple in Andhra Pradesh breeds 55 baby star tortoisesSouthern India's only temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu's second avatar Srikurmanadha (in the form of a tortoise) in Srikurmam, a tiny villag...21 Jul, 2014, 01.37 PM IST
- Rare turtle rescued, two arrestedDelhi police today claimed to have rescued a rare turtle, which smugglers clandestinely export to China, and arrested two youths who were t...22 Jul, 2012, 09.32 PM IST
- Report casts Japan as major importer of rare plants and animalsJapan is a major importer of rare plants and animals whose international trade is restricted under a convention on endangered species, acco...19 Oct, 2010, 05.47 PM IST
- Parambikulam Wildlife sanctuary to be made Tiger ReserveThe Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary in Palakkad district in Kerala, home to some of the most endangered species of animals and birds, will ...16 Feb, 2010, 01.26 PM IST
- Endangered species of tortoise seizedThree people have been arrested who were trying to smuggle an endagered species of tortoise.28 Aug, 2009, 02.42 PM IST
- Rare tortoise recovered; seven poachers heldA tortoise of an endangered family was recovered by a joint team of police and forest department officials at Mahewaganj area here and arre...04 Aug, 2009, 07.31 PM IST
- Three endangered tortoises die in TripuraThree endangered species of tortoises have died in the Kalyansagar lake of the famous Tripureswari temple here during the last fortnight, o...17 Mar, 2009, 02.06 PM IST
- 950 star tortoises seized from air passenger in ChennaiStar tortoises, an endangered species, have been seized by the Customs officials from a passenger of a flight bound for Bangkok via Colombo...02 Aug, 2008, 04.02 PM IST
- Govt to issue fresh guidelines to touristsThe Centre is preparing fresh guidelines to create awareness among tourists, both domestic and international, against purchasing wildlife s...27 Jan, 2008, 03.02 PM IST
- Illegal trade threatens freshwater turtlesAn increasing demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the pet markets of ...08 Jan, 2008, 01.47 PM IST
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