Beastly

Clear policies are needed on treatment of animals to avoid polarisation of views

JAMAICA

Trial by error

Tortoise & hard-shell turtle smuggling network wider, more organised than that for soft-shell turtle: Report

Investigation efforts should be focused on dominant nodes in the illicit trade networks identified in the study

Indian wildlife - The illegal dragnet

An assessment of online media reports presents a snapshot of the vast landscape of illegal trade that originates in the country

Tracking tropical turtles deep down to the seabed reveals their feeding habits

Submerged banks and mesophotic depths are important foraging grounds for critically endangered marine animals such as turtles and may support a …

Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys starts in Odisha’s Gahirmatha

The natural phenomenon will last till March 8, 2019

Trouble in the deep

Illegal fishing activity near the shoreline is taking a major toll

GHANA

The squabble of nations

Cloudy dispute settlement mechanism

Kundapur rolls out clean beach after 6 years for Olive Ridleys

Two groups in Kundapur cleaned its best beach of trash and also initiated efforts to monitor turtle movements in the area

Rushikulya dirtier this year, might drive Olive Ridleys away: Research

Rushikulya beach, the second-largest rookery in India, was found to have more solid waste that previous years in a research conducted by …

Trawler with live Olive Ridleys seized by forest guards in Gahiramatha

Six fishermen were arrested on charges of trafficking the endangered turtles that were released back into the sea

Chennai oil spill: half a dozen turtles die, fishermen fear losing livelihood

While a section of the sea water had blackened after the spill, nearly half a dozen turtles died near the north Chennai shoreline

Global Conservator

The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors

Saving species

At a recently-held wildlife meet in Cape Town, delegates draft an action plan to conserve migratory species of wild animals

Aid to Odisha fisherfolk doubled for fishing ban to save turtles; Is it enough?

7-month ban during nesting period of Olive Ridley turtles; Even doubled amount of Rs 15,000 not enough compared with market rates, say fisherfolk;…

A haven for turtles

Tending turtles

COSTA RICA

Turtle deaths

Protecting turtles

MoU to safeguard the dwindling number of turtles on the anvil in India

Reconciliation

Lessons from marine ecology

Livelihoods disrupted

Fishing ban to save Olive Ridleys leads to fisherfolk deaths

Annual fishing ban to protect Olive Ridleys in Gahiramatha begins Nov 1

Trawlers and boatmen have been directed not to fish within 20 kilometres of the coastline