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A Partnership to Protect North America’s Tiniest Turtle
Date: 07 Jul 2012
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The bog turtle — protected under the Endangered Species Act since 1997 — is the smallest turtle in North America, reaching a maximum carapace length of just three to four-and-one-half inches. Like so many species around the world, these tiny turtles are facing the loss, degradation and fragmentation of habitat from wetland alteration, development, pollution, invasive species and advanced plant growth. The
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Malaysia: Online Wildlife Traffickers Arrested, Released on Bail
Date: 29 May 2012
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A palm oil plantation owner and a mechanic were both arrested — and then released on bail — by Malaysia’s Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), despite being exposed for illegally selling protected species for the pet trade via a website. The mechanic was apparently managing an “exotic pets website” belonging to a plantation owner in Kampung Simpai Orang Asli settlement in
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