Conservation

A Close Call For the Last Yangtze Turtle In the Wild

By astrocastro on 11/28/08 10:47pm
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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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Turtles Get A Sermon On Their Behalf

By astrocastro on 11/15/08 4:24pm
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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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Yangtze Giant Soft-Shelled Turtles On the Brink Of Extinction

By beatriz on 10/8/08 6:33pm
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Yangtze Giant Soft-Shelled Turtles, natives of China and Vietnam are on the verge of extinction.

Humans Helping Turtles

By astrocastro on 9/25/08 1:56am
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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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ODFW needs volunteers for turtle project

By beatriz on 9/2/08 4:05pm
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If you want to help in the preservation of turtles look to the ODFW and they'll tell you how.

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