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- Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickersMore than a hundred baby tortoises, mostly dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a wildlife smuggling case. The...24 Jan, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
- 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
- Meet Diego, the 100-year-old young tortoise who became father to 800 little onesHe has almost single-handedly saved his own species.21 Jun, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
- Tortoise species new to India discovered in Arunachal jungle25 Jun, 2019, 09.04 PM IST
- Three arrested with 35 tortoise of rare speciesThree wildlife smugglers were arrested with rare species of tortoise in Huzupur area, police said here on Saturday.07 Nov, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
- Threatened tortoises & turtles rescued from Kolkata, two heldThe officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in a joint effort with the crime control unit of the state forest department seize...07 Aug, 2015, 01.13 AM 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
- Man caught with 450 star back tortoises at Trivandrum International Airport"The man had a visa for Malaysia but insisted that he was travelling to Bangkok which set off alarm bells as Bangkok has visa on entry.The ...29 Apr, 2014, 02.39 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
- 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
- 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
- Police seize over 150 tortoises from BiharBihar police has seized over 150 tortoises from an unidentified sack lying on a railway station in Patna.05 Jun, 2008, 04.33 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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