Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 14:34
A man was arrested in Bihar for smuggling nearly 1,100 tortoises from Gaya district, a police officer said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 23:07
952 star tortoises have been seized by Indian border troops when they were being smuggled across to Bangladesh, in one of the largest seizures of these endangered reptiles.
Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013, 13:44
A pre-historic tortoise that lived in the Brazilian Amazon is the most likely ancestor of the tortoises that live in Ecuador`s Galapagos archipelago today, paleontologists said.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 16:04
Galapagos tortoise, who’s number had slipped down to merely 15 in the world in the 1970s, have risen to 1,000 on the islands thanks to a successful breeding program.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 19:02
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has sent 19 Indian star tortoises to Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) here for rehabilitation, after they were illegally exported from here and seized in Indonesia.
Last Updated: Monday, June 6, 2011, 12:46
Three poachers were arrested here with around 30 tortoises meant for smuggling, police said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, January 17, 2011, 12:07
Two poachers have been arrested with around 900 tortoises in Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 13:11
Three poachers, including two women, have been arrested with over 400 tortoises in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 13:31
A poacher was arrested with 80 tortoises in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
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