Sentences with phrase «including endangered turtles»

It culminated in 26 arrests, with more than 400 animals — including endangered turtles and venomous snakes — taken into custody as evidence.

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Wellfleet Bay conducts conservation science research and protects endangered, threatened, and at risk wildlife, including sea turtles, diamondback terrapins, coastal waterbirds, and Atlantic horseshoe crabs throughout the Outer Cape, and protects rare and iconic Cape Cod habitats on its 1,100 acre Sanctuary.

The organization found that eBay sites in six countries were selling endangered wildlife products, including elephant ivory and hides, turtle shells, and skins from leopards, cheetahs, ocelots, lizards and crocodiles; two thirds of all endangered species products listed on eBay had U.S. sellers.

Nearly 20 percent of the world's turtle species were represented, including 30 species listed as endangered in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendiceendangered in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) AppendiceEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I or II.

In 2010, the Center for Biological Diversity completed a 1,145 - page, peer - reviewed petition to protect 404 Southeast aquatic species under the Endangered Species Act, including the Florida sandhill crane; MacGillivray's seaside sparrow; Alabama map turtle; hellbender salamander; Black warrior waterdog; rabbitsfoot, sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels; Cape Sable orchid; and Eastern black rail.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

In Florida, endangered species that are seriously impacted by hunting cats include Key Largo cotton mouse, Key Largo woodrat, Lower Florida Keys marsh rabbit, Choctawhatchee beach mouse, Perdido Key beach mouse, green sea turtle, roseate tern, least tern and the Florida scrub jay.

They kill several endangered species, including the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Key Largo wood rat, northern bobwhite quail and hatchling sea turtles.

On your fully escorted Costa Rica tour you can expect to possibly see many of the rare Costa Rica wildlife species in their natural habitat including everything from the endangered sea turtles, quetzal birds or scarlet macaw, to the elusive Jaguar, tapirs, or 2 and 3 toed sloths.

For kids who love animals, there's an in - depth study on sea turtles of Hawaii and the world including green sea turtles (honu), the critically endangered Hawksbill turtle and the gigantic Leatherback.

Estero Bay is home to a huge variety of wildlife such as Dolphins and Manatees, as well as endangered species including Kemps Ridley, leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles, and Loggerhead sea turtles (southwest Floridas most common).

Numerous endangered species are protected within the boundaries of the BBRRS including; the West Indian manatee, the American crocodile and three species of sea turtle.

It's still home to endangered species including the endangered green loggerhead turtle, and is a breeding site for humpback whales.

Following Caravan's day tour of Arenal volcano, your Costa Rica tour includes a visit to leatherback turtle nesting grounds in Leatherback Turtle National Park, Guanacaste, where Costa Rica has made impressive efforts in the past two and half decades to protect the endangered giant leatherback turtle.

Other species seen in abundance in the area include cleaner shrimp, southern sting rays, channel crabs, French angelfish, nurse sharks, moray eels, and three different species of endangered sea turtles.

You will see a variety of tropical fish including Hawaii's State fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, and if you're lucky an endangered Hawaiian Green Sea turtle «Honu».

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

Plentiful sponges and corals provide feeding grounds to endangered animals including the green sea turtle.

From November to January nesting sea turtles, including endangered loggerhead turtles, come ashore at night to lay their eggs at Mon Repos beach, in the city of Bundaberg (about four hours» drive or a one hour flight north of Brisbane).

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

They've also tried to test the greenhouse value of the Endangered Species Act by asserting that wildlife including several sea turtle species and, of course, polar bears faced extinction through global warming.

More than 4,400 freshwater turtles, including 3,800 endangered Palawan forest turtles, were confiscating from a poacher in the Philippines last week.

It's prized by visitors from around the world, including endangered leatherback sea turtles, who swim thousands of miles to get there.

Endangered species associated with these ecosystems, including manatees and marine turtles, could also be at risk, along with migratory birds (Government of Seychelles, 2000; Republic of Ghana, 2000; République Démocratique du Congo, 2000).

These «unwanted» species, called bycatch, often include turtles, albatross, sharks, manta rays, and even dolphins, many of which are endangered.

This gear also catches and kills more than 80 other types of nontarget ocean wildlife, including depleted blue marlin, sharks, and endangered sea turtles.

Despite its location, or perhaps because of it, It is a vital place for many threatened and endangered species including Laysan Albatross, Black - Footed Albatross, Green sea turtles, Hawaiian Monk Seals and many other species.