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Desert tortoises can't take heat of roadside fencing
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 6 (ANI): US researchers have revealed that roadside fencing, which is meant to help desert tortoise, can actually overheat them leading to their death.
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Odisha: Three arrested for illegally transporting 376 tortoises
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], June 16 (ANI): The Chitrakonda Police in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Friday seized a tortoise-laden pick up van and arrested three persons for carrying the amphibious animals.
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West Bengal: RPF seizes 35 bags containing nearly 1,500 tortoises
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): A total of 35 bags containing nearly 1,500 tortoises were seized by railway authorities here on Friday.
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AIU officers seize 199 Indian Star tortoises, Black Pond turtles at Mumbai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct. 14 (ANI): The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers have seized 199 Indian Star tortoises and Black Pond turtles allegedly from two passengers travelling on UAE passports at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on the intervening night of Thur
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