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PFA organises campaign for conservation of Olive Ridley turtles in Bhubane
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 24 (ANI): People for Animals (PFA), a Non-Profit Organisation, on Sunday organised a campaign for the conservation of Olive Ridley sea turtles in Bhubaneswar.
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2 held for smuggling tiger skin, turtles in Indore
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Indore Police arrested two persons from the Khajrana area for allegedly smuggling tiger skin and turtles of special species.
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30 turtles recovered during raids on shops selling aquariums in UP's Gorak
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 2 (ANI): Two persons were apprehended and 30 turtles were seized from their possession in Gorakhpur during raids on shops selling aquariums, according to a forest official.
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31 flap shell turtles found dead in Vadodara lake
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 28 (ANI): Thirty-one flap shell turtles were found dead on Saturday under mysterious circumstances at a lake in Kamla Nagar, Vadodara.
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Forest officials in Rameswaram release over 200 baby turtles into sea
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 8 (ANI): The forest department officials on Sunday released as many as 245 baby turtles into the sea. The turtles were hatched out of the 259 eggs collected on January 18.
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Lights on fishnets can save turtles, dolphins: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): While fishnets are used to catch fishes for the seafood business. The fishnets also capture marine animals including dolphins, turtles and other sea creatures that form an indistinctive part of the flora and fauna. Given the fact, a new study suggests, pl
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Study reveals lights on fishnets save turtles, dolphins
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec 8 (ANI): Flora and fauna form the essential components of the environment. While underwater species from an indistinctive section of the ecosystem including dolphins and turtles and other sea creatures. Researchers have now come up with a study to save turtles and d
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Study suggests animals could help humans monitor oceans
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Sea animals including sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags, suggests a study.
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Odisha: Coast Guard conducts Olive Ridley turtles awareness prog for local
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ganjam (Odisha) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard units conducted a community interaction programme with local fishermen along the Odisha Coast to sensitise them about conservation of endangered Olive Ridley turtles on Friday.
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70 turtle hatchlings from two Assam temples released in Pobitora Wildlife
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pobitora (Assam) [India] Sept 4 (ANI): With Assam being home to 20 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises out of 29 species present in India, about 70 hatchlings of the Black Softshell and Indian Softshell turtles which bred in the ponds of two temples in Assam have been released in the
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Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of seagrass, suggest researchers.
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Chhattisgarh: Smuggled turtles forced to live in water tank since 4 yrs, c
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Three turtles are forced to live in a small water tank from the last four years here as the case of their smuggling is pending before the court.
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