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Animals News tagged with tortoises

The Tortoise at Woodstock! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tortoises, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 78 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary has a new temporary resident. Check out his adorableness.
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Feds to Consider Listing Sonoran Desert Tortoise as Distinct Population
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tortoises, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 90 days ago - ecoworldly.com
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that they will consider listing the Sonoran desert tortoise as a distinct population.
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Spider Tortoise Population Ravaged By Poachers
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tortoises, poachers, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 90 days ago - ecoworldly.com
The northern Madagascar spider tortoise, one of the three subspecies of Pyxis arachnoids, is currently facing a threat to their population brought about by poachers.
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Texas Thief Shoves $600 Tortoise in Trousers
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, stolen, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 104 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A man walked into a Huston-area pet store earlier this week and in broad daylight, stole a tortoise. Using something to pry open the display case, the man grabbed the Indian Star tortoise then shoved it in his pants pocket. The white male flashed a
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Lonesome George Tries Again - 5 Eggs Laid
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, eggs laid, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 117 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The romantically named Female No. 107, one of the two female tortoises who shares a corral with Lonesome George-the last Pinta Island Tortoise in the world-and who laid a nest for the first time back in 2008, has returned to nest again this year.
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Tortoises Given Pink Plaster Casts to Heal Shells After Dog Attack
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, attack, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 146 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
These two young tortoises have been fitted with plaster casts to help repair their shells after they were attacked by a dog.
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Mosquito Threat to Giant Tortoise
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, mosquitoes, Galapagos, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 178 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The famous Galapagos giant tortoises could be at serious risk from mosquitoes that have developed a taste for reptile blood, experts have warned.
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Four of the World's Rarest Tortoises Stolen From Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, stolen, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, endangered )

Cher
- 179 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Thieves have stolen four of the world's rarest tortoises from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's pre-release enclosures inside Baly Bay National Park, Madagascar. The theft took place during the night on the 6th May and comes as a major blow to the
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3 Arrested for Smuggling Tortoise
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, smuggling, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 201 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Three people were arrested with 55 tortoise meant for smuggling to West Bengal in Barabanki district, about 30 kms from here, police reports reaching here said on Saturday.
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Endangered Turtles Race to Save Their Future
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PinkMindy
- 225 days ago - cnn.com
The race between the turtle and the hare has never been a fair match, but with the help from some high-tech tracking devices,conservation officials hope to raise awareness of the plight of the leatherback tortoises.
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Three Endangered Tortoises Die in Tripura
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Cher
- 255 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Three endangered species of tortoises have died in the Kalyansagar lake of the famous Tripureswari temple here during the last fortnight, official sources said.
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Woman Held for Having 114 Tortoises
Animals  (tags: tortoises, animal trade, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 271 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Railway Police Force apprehended a woman passenger with 114 tortoises in her possession travelling in down Dehradun-Howrah Doon Express.
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An Extinct Tortoise May Be Bred Back Into Being
Animals  (tags: animals, tortoises, endangered, species, extinction, goodnews, dna, conservation )

Tom
- 429 days ago - nytimes.com
Efforts to restore populations of the giant tortoises of the Galápagos Islands have been among the world's most visible and successful conservation programs. The work came too late for several of the 15 generally recognized Galápagos species. Or did it?
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Three Held for Smuggling Tortoises
Animals  (tags: tortoises, smuggling, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 511 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Busting an international racket involved in the smuggling of tortoises, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people in Sultanpur district. Live tortoises weighing over 40 quintals in all were seized, the police said on Thursday.
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A Slow and Steady Decline
Animals  (tags: turtles, tortoises, Madagascar, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, endangered, extinction, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 553 days ago - wcs.org
Unless major conservation measure are enacted, Madagascar's turtles and tortoises will continue to crawl steadily toward extinction, according to a recent assessment by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other groups.
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