World Turtle News, 09/26/2019

Jaque, Panama: the hard-to-reach town whose volunteers protect sea turtles

The task has been further complicated by the drug traffickers who ply this jungle as well.

Jaque, a town of 2,000, is only reached by air or sea. Valencia and his allies built a hatchery here shaded by wood and wire. Inside, they place the eggs in baskets where they’ll hatch in two months’ time. Then the baby turtles will be released to the sea.

Turtle News From Around the World

Conservation

USA: Loggerhead Marinelife Center starts Blue Table program to reduce single-use plastics around Juno Beach

Israel: Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center’s captive sea turtle breeding program estimates 200 hatchlings for its first successful year

Ecology

Canada: impressive rescue of snapper (Chelydra serpentina), Nature Conservancy of Canada seeks turtle sightings from public in Québec

Australia: World Animal Protection group urges government to fund ghost gear removal projects in Gulf of Carpentaria

USA: sewer project in Austin includes plans to preserve beloved turtle pond

New Findings

PDF: “Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: Gopherus agassizii (Cooper 1861) – Mojave Desert Tortoise, Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise”

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