In the last five months, Mandalya Bay has turned into a death port for caretta caretta sea turtles, also known as loggerhead turtles, an endangered species.  The death of these turtles is being blamed on on local fish farm operators who see the turtles as a threat to their farms.  Five turtles were found hacked to peices with their innards pulled out

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It seems that one of the four remaining Yangtze turtles left in the world was near to becoming someone's next pot of soup.  A few weeks ago, after severe flooding of the Dong Mo lake near Hanoi broke a dam, the rare turtle was swept away.  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo turtle conservationists feared that the trutle might be dead.

As it turns out the turtle had been swept away over the dam, and amazingly survived the fall, but was caught in a fishing net.

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In Malaysia turtles are getting support from local religious leaders.

State deputy assistant commissioner of mosque administration Kamaruddin Muhamad said the sermon would also include threats to the environment and the importance of preserving it in line with Islamic teachings.

Kamaruddin said a sermon on environmental conservation was delivered two years ago, but it did not touch on turtle conservation. Based on feedback, it was a success.

"We found that the congregation became more environmentally sensitive after the sermon in 2006.

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Check out these cool turtles, courtesy of National Geographic.

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Could this turtle be responsible for starting the green mohawk trend and spiky lip-piercing fad commonly associated with punks?

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Yangtze Giant Soft-Shelled Turtles, natives of China and Vietnam are on the verge of extinction.

First she was compared to a pitbull (with lipstick no less) - then a pig (again, with the lipstick), - and now she is like a turtle on a post. Seriously, turtles are quiet animals that prefer to stay out of politics. We won't repeat the joke that seems to have infested the internet (we leave it to the excellent thebruceblog instead), but we will say, that as far as metaphors are concerned this one really nails it...even if it is at the expense of one of our own.

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Check out these two blogs from people doing great things for turtles.

Look at these awesome pictures of a turtle rescue at ecopathic.blogspot.com.

And check out this story about a project that helps the preservation of the endangered Blandings Turtle at celestialrambling.blogspot.com.

It's always a joy to report the good thi

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If you are in the state of Oregon and you're in the market for a pet turtle it would do you well to do some research on the matter.

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This is a messed up story that comes to us from the state of Georgia.

A man is suing the state of Georgia for not returning his 500, turtles that they confiscated during an investigation related to the possession of said turtles. Steve Santhuff the owner of the rare turtles, was acquitted in February, but he has not gotten his critters back.

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