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Over 230 tortoises recovered in UP's Mirzapur, two smugglers nabbed
Based on a tipoff that tortoises were being carried in the general coach of the Jodhpur-Howrah Express, a joint team of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Police Force (RPF) searched the compartment when it reached Mirzapur.
29 August 2023, 11:00 IST
Over 230 tortoises recovered in UP's Mirzapur, two smugglers nabbed
29 August 2023, 11:00 IST
Tortoise smuggling racket busted in UP’s Mainpuri
07 January 2023, 03:24 IST
Tortoise smuggling racket busted in UP’s Mainpuri
07 January 2023, 03:24 IST
Captive-bred Asian giant tortoises released in Nagaland
The first monitored rewilding of the critically endangered tortoise in India comes after over five years of conservation breeding efforts at Nagaland Zoological Park
19 December 2022, 14:30 IST
Captive-bred Asian giant tortoises released in Nagaland
19 December 2022, 14:30 IST
'Jonathan the Tortoise' is now oldest known land animal
Jonathan, it is believed based on shell measurements, was hatched around 1832
02 December 2022, 15:27 IST
'Jonathan the Tortoise' is now oldest known land animal
02 December 2022, 15:27 IST
Tracing the giant tortoises that lived in South Africa
The period when these tortoises were wandering round the southern tip of Africa was called the Pleistocene Epoch
02 November 2022, 09:39 IST
Tracing the giant tortoises that lived in South Africa
02 November 2022, 09:39 IST
Illegal trade of star tortoises rampant
They are collected from neighbouring districts and smuggled out to Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore to cater to Feng shui believers
23 November 2021, 17:11 IST
Illegal trade of star tortoises rampant
23 November 2021, 17:11 IST
Tamil Nadu man arrested with 401 star tortoises
Some tortoises were injured and they have been shifted to the Bannerghatta rescue centre where a team is taking care of them
16 November 2021, 22:43 IST
Tamil Nadu man arrested with 401 star tortoises
16 November 2021, 22:43 IST
380 star tortoises seized in Karnataka, 1 held
The tortoise is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, and listed under appendix of 1 of the CITES
16 November 2021, 10:54 IST
380 star tortoises seized in Karnataka, 1 held
16 November 2021, 10:54 IST
My pet tortoise
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
23 August 2021, 05:55 IST
My pet tortoise
23 August 2021, 05:55 IST
This Galapagos tortoise is from species thought extinct
Geneticists from Yale University compared DNA from the female turtle found in 2019 with a sample extracted from a male of the species in 1906
26 May 2021, 02:48 IST
This Galapagos tortoise is from species thought extinct
26 May 2021, 02:48 IST
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