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Social media leads to transfer of endangered turtles to the Turtle Conservation Centre in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

ATP Team18th June 2013

On the 17th of June 2013 the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, received three rare turtles from ... Read More

Web monitoring and collaboration with Khanh Hoa officials lead to the rescue of critically endangered Vietnamese pond turtles

ATP Team16th May 2013

Every week the Asian Turtle Program scans the internet and different online newspapers searching for information about the illegal trade ... Read More

Yellow-headed temple turtles hatch at the Turtle Conservation Centre in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

ATP Team10th April 2013

After several years of hiatus the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) of Cuc Phuong National Park has hatched five endangered (IUCN Red List, ... Read More

New radio-telemetry study for endangered turtles in central Vietnam following trapping success

ATP Team5th March 2013

From the 21st-27th January 2013, members of the ATP team in Quang Ngai City spent time in Binh Son District, ... Read More

Confiscated turtles from Ha Tinh province transferred to the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC)

ATP Team24th October 2012

On the 17th of October 2012, police and local Forest Protection Department (FPD) officers from Huong Son district (Ha Tinh ... Read More

Ranger Training in central Vietnam focus’s on endemic tortoise and freshwater turtle conservation

ATP Team10th October 2012

From the 4th to the 8th of October 2012, members from the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) and Cuc Phuong National ... Read More

Third annual “Turtle Football Cup” held at Dong Mo Lake, Vietnam

ATP Team9th October 2012

From the 6th -7th October 2012 The Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo together with the Youth Union ... Read More

Community Football Tournament Increases Vietnamese Pond Turtle Conservation Awareness

ATP Team19th September 2012

On the 12th and 13th of September 2012, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) brought together eight football teams from Binh ... Read More

Hybrid between Vietnamese Pond Turtle and Chinese Stripe Necked Turtle found in central Vietnam

ATP Team6th September 2012

At a site in Binh Son district, Quang Ngai province of central Vietnam the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Cleveland ... Read More

Record year for Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) hatchlings at the Turtle Conservation Centre

ATP Team5th September 2012

The first week of September has been an exciting one at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Cuc Phuong National ... Read More