Posted by Kaitlyn on April 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
News from Thailand regarding the Ploughshare Tortoises that were recently confiscated.
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Posted by admin on March 26, 2013 · 1 Comment
The United States successfully proposed listing the Diamondback Terrapin, Spotted Turtle, and Blanding’s Turtle in CITES Appendix II — vastly improving the protective measures available to wild populations of American turtles.
Filed under News, Turtle Conservancy · Tagged with bangkok, blanding's turtle, burmese star tortoise, CITES, conservation, cop16, diamondback terrapin, iucn, roti island snake-neck turtle, spotted turtle, ssc, tftsg, thailand, thomas leuteritz, tortoise, tortoise and freshwater turtle specialist group, turtle, us fish and wildlife service, usfws
Posted by admin on March 26, 2013 · 5 Comments
One day after the conclusion of the CITES Conference of the Parties, Royal Thai Customs officers arrested a 38-year-old Thai man while he was attempting to collect a bag containing tortoises at the airport’s luggage carousel.
Filed under Feature, News · Tagged with astrochelys, conservation, ploughshare, Royal Thai Customs, seizure, thailand, tortoise, TRAFFIC, turtle conservancy, yniphora
Posted by Max on December 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The latest Turtle Conservancy Production – click to view the trailer!
Filed under Feature, In the Field, Travel, Turtle Conservancy · Tagged with bangkok, bcc, behler chelonian center, impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa, tc, thailand, tortoise, turtle conservancy, turtle conservancy production
Posted by Max on March 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The last day of this adventure is spent on the Mae Klong River in Thailand.
Posted by Max on March 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Great Disappearing Act of the Ploughshare Tortoise in Southeast Asia
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Posted by Max on March 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Nhew takes us to Wat Prayun Wongsawat to see the temple pond and the turtles!
Filed under Travel · Tagged with bangkok, bundhitwongrut, conservancy, nhew, pond, prayun, tc, temple, thailand, thanakhom, turtle, wat, wongsawat
Posted by Max on March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep — a sacred site located at the top of Doi Suthep Mountain in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Filed under Travel · Tagged with buddhism, chiang, conservancy, doi, hinduism, mai, phra, suthep, tc, temple, thailand, that, turtle, wat
Posted by Max on March 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Turtle Conservancy Team explores Chiang Mai
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Posted by Max on March 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We head north to the city of Chiang Mai
Filed under Travel · Tagged with chansue, chiang, conservancy, impressa, mai, manouria, nantarika, ning, tc, thailand, turtle, zoo
