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Endangered tortoises returned to Tanzania as evidence in wildlife trafficking case
The rescued tortoises included several endangered or vulnerable species, such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises, and ...
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A ‘Giant Shellabration’: Zoobilation tickets go on sale Feb. 4
Officials with the Indianapolis Zoo said that tickets to Zoobilation are officially sold out – less than an hour after it ...
Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
More than a hundred baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case ...
Indiatimes13d
Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises. All are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Tortoises are commonly removed from the wild for sale ...
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Bangladesh sees first ever rewilding of captive-bred elongated tortoises
This is the first time captive-bred elongated tortoises have been reintroduced to their native habitats in Bangladesh. It follows the success of a 2021 pilot project when 10 Asian giant tortoises ...
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A ‘Giant Shellabration’: Zoobilation tickets go on sale Feb. 4
Giant Tortoises. The Zoo will debut its new Giant Tortoise exhibit on Memorial Day weekend and Zoobiliation attendees will have an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Aldabra tortoises.
The Citizen on MSN11d
Tanzania receives 116 tortoises as evidence in major trafficking probe
A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to ...