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Category: Turtles & Tortoises
CITES: Global Experts Meet to Review International Wildlife Trade Prior to CoP18
Geneva, 16 July 2018 – A record number of experts and scientists representing all the regions of the world are meeting in Geneva from 16 […]
Commercial Farming and Trade in Endangered Species in Vietnam – A Shortcut to Extinction
Hanoi, July 27, 2016 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) today hosted a press conference on the need to fully prohibit farming and trade […]
Vietnam: Online Wildlife Trafficker Gets Five Years in Prison
Justice for wildlife: Notorious Vietnamese wildlife trafficker Phan Huynh Anh Khoa, a.k.a. the “Bastard of the Internet”, was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the […]
Update: Malaysian Illegal Wildlife Trade Group Removed by Facebook
Great news: Peminat Haiwan Exotic Malaysia – a Facebook group illegally selling protected Malaysian wildlife – has been removed. Yesterday, we called attention to Peminat […]
United States Lists Four Native Turtle Species in CITES Appendix III
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that four freshwater turtle species – the common snapping turtle, Florida softshell turtle, smooth softshell turtle, and […]
UNODC Releases Unprecedented Wildlife Crime Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published the first ever global assessment of wildlife crime. The World Wildlife Crime Report validates […]
23 Most Threatened Turtle and Tortoise Species in the United States
The United States is home to more species of tortoises and freshwater turtles than any other country in the world – 57 of the world’s […]
CITES Appendix II Protection Proposed for Africa’s Softshell Turtles
A surge in Chinese consumption of Africa’s softshell turtles has prompted a proposal to list six softshell turtle species in CITES Appendix II. Parties to […]
Jailed Turtle Trafficker Files for Appeal
Convicted turtle trafficker Kai Xu plans to appeal the five-year prison sentence handed down to him on April 13, 2016, by a United States District […]