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Animals News tagged with turtles

Wetlands Disaster at the Mouth of the Murray.
Animals  (tags: News, Wildlife, Birds, turtles, deaths )

Katie
- 2 days ago - theage.com.au
THE collapse of the Coorong wetlands at the mouth of the Murray River is shaping up to be one of the Australia's worst environmental disasters, an author of a report on the region said yesterday.
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2009 Nesting Data for SE States Shows Dire Status of Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, turtles, wildanimals, wildlife, protection, endangered, humans )

Cal
- 33 days ago - oceana.org
Oceana announced today that 2009 was one of the worst years on record for loggerhead sea turtle nesting from North Carolina to Florida. In Florida for example, loggerhead nesting decreased by more than 15 percent in 2009.
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Turtles Prefer the 'City Life'
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, suburbs, turtles, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 34 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Urbanisation has long been at odds with wildlife. However, scientists have found a turtle that does better in a suburban habitat than it does in nature reserves.
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Loggerheads in Danger: 2009 Nesting Data Shows Alarming Decrease
Animals  (tags: animals, turtles, wildlife, sea turtles, oceans )

Katie
- 35 days ago - enn.com
Oceana announced yesterday that 2009 was one of the worst years on record for loggerhead sea turtle nesting from North Carolina to Florida. In Florida for example, loggerhead nesting decreased by more than 15 percent in 2009.
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Turtles Dumped on Vets' Doorstep
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, turtles, dumped, pets, environment, protection )

Cher
- 43 days ago - rspca.org.uk
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a bucket containing four turtles was found on the doorstep of a veterinary surgery in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
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Leatherbacks Recorded Nesting on Georgia Coastline Alongside 1000 Loggerheards
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, nesting, turtles, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 50 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Cooler weather heralds the close of the nesting season for loggerhead turtles on the US state of Georgia's coastline. While average in number, the 2009 season featured some out of the ordinary events
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Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: science, turtles, barcoding, endangered, protection, wildlife, technology )

Dee
- 71 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Conservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes. DNA barcodes are short genetic sequences that efficiently distinguish species from each other--
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Ask Marquette University to End Cruel Classroom Experiments ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, rabbits, turtles, experiments, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 78 days ago - secure.peta.org
After receiving a complaint from a concerned student, PETA has learned that Marquette University requires students in its experimental physiology class to conduct cruel experiments on rats, frogs, rabbits, and turtles.
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Turtle Thought to Be Extinct Spotted in Myanmar
Animals  (tags: turtles, found, endangered, wildlife )

Lone
- 78 days ago - mail.com
The rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its population, researchers said Monday.
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Tescos Live Turtle Sales Must Stop ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, turtles, Tesco, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 83 days ago - careforthewild.org
China's hunger for turtle meat has sparked an acute extinction crisis. By selling freshwater turtles for food in their Chinese outlets, western supermarket chains, including Tesco act as accessories to the escalating conservation demise of these species
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Thai Turtles Return to the Sea! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, turtles, released, Thailand, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 100 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of baby sea turtles have been released into the sea in Thailand in an effort to boost their population
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Fla. Hospital Saves Hard-Luck Turtles -
Animals  (tags: protection, rescued, turtles, Florida, treatment, hospital, medication )

Raffi
- 110 days ago - justnews.com
The turtles at this waterfront hospital have been hit by boat propellers, caught in fishing nets, attacked by sharks, stricken with tumors and lost flippers. Or, as their veterinarian puts it, they've had a heck of a lot of luck.
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Save Turtles in Trouble ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, turtles, AnimalWelfare, endangered, extinction, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 117 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Marine turtles are a globally important species, but the number of turtles has plummeted and some populations are now on the brink of extinction
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TURTLES IN TANZANIA
Animals  (tags: animals, turtles, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 119 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
Earlier this year, Sea Sense recruited and trained 10 new Conservation Officers in Tanga, Pangani and Muheza Districts. The new officers began to monitor turtle nesting activity in April and 23 new turtle nests have been recorded so far.
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Tougher Measure on Turtle Harvest Takes Effect
Animals  (tags: animals, turtles, ban, commercial harvesting, animal welfare, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 127 days ago - miamiherald.com
An historic ban on commercial harvesting and sale of Florida's freshwater turtles has begun.
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