Browsing by Subject "freshwater turtles"
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123 soft-shell turtles seized near NAIA
(The Philippine Star,November 12, 2017 , on page 16)The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted 123 live Chinese soft-shell turtles, packed in seven polystyrene boxes, at the Pair Cargo warehouse near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA-1) last Friday. BOC ... -
13 rare animals seized from wildlife trader
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 24, 2019 , on page A5)After three years of skirting law enforcers through the underbelly of online wildlife trafficking, a man notorious for selling endangered animals on Facebook was finally nabbed on Friday by agents of the National Bureau ... -
4,000 rare turtles rescued from captivity in Palawan
(Manila Standard,July 16, 2015 , on page A7)Thousands of rare forest turtles have been rescued from horrifying conditions of captivity in the Philippines, saving the critically endangered animals from possible extinction, wildlife experts said Wednesday. More than ... -
9 Endangered animals taken from Zoo in Rizal province
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 15, 2018 , on page A10)Nine endangered animals have disappeared from the country’s biggest zoo whose management took to Facebook on Tuesday to ask for help in finding them. Taken from Avilon Zoo, located in Rodriguez, Rizal, were three mature ... -
Alarm sounded on illegal online wildlife trade
(Manila Bulletin,December 28, 2018 , on page 4)Senator Nancy Binay has filed a resolution urging the Senate to probe the rising illegal online wildlife trade in the Philippines, saying the country’s environmental laws should be strictly enforced even through the Internet. ... -
Back to the wild
(Manila Bulletin,April 28, 2017 , on page 1)Asian Box turtles are released at the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve after by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR has a rescue, rehabilitation and release program for wild animal in the reserve. -
Car-sized turtle fossils found
(Panay News,February 14, 2020 , on page 16)Fossils of a turtle the size of a car have been unearthed in what is now northern South America. The turtle - Stupendemys geographicus - is believed to have roamed the region between 13 and 7 million years ago. The fossils ... -
Chinese smuggling endangers rare Philippine turtles
(The Daily Guardian,October 26, 2015 , on page 7)Chinese demand for forest turtles is threatening an endangered species found only on one Philippine island, wildlife officials said Sunday. The Philippine Forest Turtle, found only in the western island of Palawan, is one ... -
Chinese smuggling threatens rare PH turtle
(The Manila Times,October 26, 2015 , on page A7)Chinese demand for forest turtles is threatening an endangered species found only on one Philippine island, wildlife officials said Sunday. The Philippine Forest Turtle, found only in the western island of Palawan, is one ... -
Chinese turtles infest CL fishponds
(Manila Bulletin,February 6, 2013 , on page 12)Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 3 expressed alarm on Monday over the proliferation of an invasive species of turtle that now threaten Central Luzon's local fish population ... -
Critically-endangered turtles saved
(The Manila Times,October 20, 2015 , on page A7)Environment protection officials in Palawan rescued over the weekend at least 979 rare and critically endangered turtles that were supposed to be sold in the Chinese black market. The turtles were confiscated from the ... -
Customs - NAIA intensifies efforts against illegal wildlife smuggling
(Malaya,March 5, 2019 , on page A5)The Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit (DENR - WTMU) 1,529 live exotic turtles at the NAIA Terminal 2, Pasay City. The ... -
DENR monitor exotic species collection
(Manila Bulletin,March 31, 2013 , on page 3)Holders of wildlife permits previously-issued for the collection or possession of Chinese soft shell turtle, classified as an invasive alien species (IAS), will be subject to stricter monitoring and reporting requirements ... -
DENR warns against invasive species importations
(The Manila Times,February 18, 2013 , on page A3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has warned the public against the importation of exotic animals, in light of the increasing cases of the so-called bioinvasion that threaten the survival of local wildlife ... -
DENR warns vs invasive species
(Manila Bulletin,February 18, 2013 , on page 13)Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje warned the public yesterday against bringing into the country exotic species, citing reports of damage to wildlife habitat by invasive Chinese ... -
Effort to revive Galapagos tortoises once thought extinct
(BusinessWorld,June 21, 2013 , on page S3/9)Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity, experts leading the effort said. The Galapagos Islands, located 1,000 kilometers ... -
Galapagos hosts nursery for new tortoise species
(Manila Standard,February 2, 2017 , on page B3)Crowded under a rock in the Galapagos archipelago, the baby tortoises wait for the sun to go down to leave their shelter. Nothing disturbs these eastern Santa Cruz tortoises (scientific name Chelondis donfaustoi), which ... -
[Giant softshell turtle]
(The Philippine Star,June 7, 2019 , on page A-30)Anthony Magalong, a technician at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center in Dagupan City, holds a rare 2.5-kilogram Cantor's giant softshell turtle, ... -
Group sets off alarm over forest turtle trade
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 4, 2020 , on page A4)A wildlife trade monitoring network has sounded the alarm on the massive illicit trading of the Philippine forest turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis), previously thought to be extinct until rediscovered by scientists in ... -
Help locate 9 endangered species stolen from zoo- DENR
(Manila Bulletin,August 19, 2018 , on page 5)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), is asking the public to help in locating the nine endangered animal species stolen from Avilon Zoo last August ...