Release of Keeled Box Turtles in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam
It was a good feeling to see rescued animals make it back into their natural environment. On the 26th of ... Read More
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Largest confiscation of endangered big-headed turtles in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
On the 05th November 2016, Economic police of Quang Ninh province, near the border with China in northern Vietnam, confiscated 105 ... Read More
Update on the Big-headed Turtle Rescues in Vietnam – November 2017
We have had a steady flow of confiscated Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) since 2015. The most recent rescue of 68 ... Read More
Urgent call to save 68 Endangered Big-headed Turtles in Vietnam
Staff at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park worked over night for 14 hours last night ... Read More
Fishing Agreement Signed to Conserve World’s Rarest Turtle
About 40 km from the centre of Hanoi lies a spectacular Dong Mo Lake. It was created in 1971 through ... Read More
New net gets installed to protect the Dong Mo Turtle.
We are very relieved to get a new net installed in Dong Mo Lake, following continued heavy rain last week ... Read More
Education for the next generation is key to better conservation for tortoises and freshwater turtles in Central Vietnam
Many people throughout the world are still largely unaware of the threats and high risk of extinction that many species ... Read More
Celebrating the Mid-autumn festival for children at Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
From the 1st to 4th October 2017 the mid-autumn festival was held by the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) ... Read More
School children in Vietnam learn about the world’s rarest turtle living next door
From the 11th to 15th September 2017 the annual school program was held for secondary school children living close to the world’s ... Read More
The incubator has been busy and the hatchlings have been coming
The Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park has been very busy in 2017 and as we come ... Read More