31 big-headed turtles released!!!
We are so happy to announce that from the 30th– 31st September 2018, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of the Indo-Myanmar ... Read More
Platysternon megacephalum
Second rescue of turtles from Quang Nam province, central Vietnam
Following last May’s rescue, on Wednesday (15thAugust 2018) our rescue team made another trip to Quang Nam province in central ... Read More
High mortality seen in tortoises and freshwater turtles in Vietnam
On the 24th May 2015, a small group of three endangered Big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum), five critically endangered Indochinese Box ... Read More
Confiscation and release of endangered Big-headed turtles in central Vietnam
On the first day of February 2018, rangers from Song Thanh Nature Reserve, Quang Nam province in central Vietnam made a ... Read More
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
41 more endangered turtles arrived at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC), Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam
On the morning of 4th August 2017, Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre (WRC) contacted the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) of Cuc Phuong ... Read More
First rescue of turtles to the Turtle Conservation Centre in 2017
Following a confiscation of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles (TFT) seizure in Bac Giang province, northern Vietnam, last week (posted on ... Read More
A time lapse video of construction of waterfall enclosures for the Big-headed Turtle in Vietnam
In Cuc Phuong National Park in northern Vietnam we have been working to build some outdoor waterfall enclosures for the ... Read More