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In another example of governmental third party liability, a court found that Volusia County, Florida's practice of allowing vehicular driving on its beaches was causing a take of endangered turtles.

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Simon is on the advisory boards of charitable organizations such as the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, which works to conserve endangered sea turtles in Canadian waters and worldwide and Level, which combats injustice and supports projects that advance equality in rights and opportunities worldwide.

40 % of what's caught globally is discarded, in the form of undersized fish, endangered sharks, turtles, and dolphins — left to die, or already dead;

Look at all 131 of these adorable endangered baby turtles - TimeOut Chicago - September 9, 2016 You can now marvel over more than 100 baby Blanding's turtles — an endangered North American species — at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

That's the number of endangered baby Blanding's turtles that just went on public display.

Rare Illinois Turtles Making Comeback With Help From Chicago Museum - DNAinfo.com Chicago - March 10, 2016 Twenty years of collaborative efforts between several wildlife organizations are starting to pay off for an endangered turtle hunted by poachers, run over by cars and eaten by a multitude of predators.

Through the Blanding's Turtles Restoration Project, the Nature Museum is committed to restoring the population of this endangered, native species and help reestablish ecological balance to the area.

Get up close and personal with all of our resident turtles as well as several special guest species, and learn about how the Museum is working with the endangered Blanding's Turtle in the Chicago region.

«We are honored to receive an Environmental Merit Award from the New England EPA in recognition of our partnership with the Aquarium to save endangered sea turtles,» Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton said.

Despite heroic efforts to protect the nesting beaches of green turtles, fewer and fewer of these endangered creatures reappear every year.Researchers have been stunned to discover that shielding young turtles is only half the battle

Goannas have overtaken foxes as the number one predator of the endangered loggerhead turtle at its second largest Queensland nesting beach.

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.

scientists tracked endangered Atlantic Loggerhead turtles with satellite telemetry, illuminating for the first time their migratory journey of thousands of miles.

«The fate of the most endangered softshell turtle of the world is now in the balance.»

Saba, who has conducted modeling studies on the impacts of climate change on endangered leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean, says the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead study offers a new approach in understanding how climate variability affects sea turtle populations.

Twenty - mile castaway fishnets snare sea turtles, dolphins, and other animals, endangering their populations; birds mistake trash for food, eat it, and die; jellyfish get sick; gnarly junk washes back to shore — some of it hazardous waste.

The research, published in Endangered Species Research, sheds light on the true threat of plastic pollution to marine turtles, which, other research has shown, also eat plastic rubbish, and marine creatures caught up in it.

«Fibropapillomatosis is the most common infectious disease affecting endangered green turtles,» said Thierry Work, a USGS scientist and the lead author of the study.

The U.S Endangered Species Act and International Union for the Conservation of Nature list sea turtles as threatened or endangered throughout most of thEndangered Species Act and International Union for the Conservation of Nature list sea turtles as threatened or endangered throughout most of thendangered throughout most of their range.

However, with approximately 58 percent of the world's 335 turtle species threatened with extinction, turtles are the most endangered vertebrate group in the world.

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.

Scientists recently reconstructed the skin of endangered green turtles, marking the first time that skin of a non-mammal was successfully engineered in a laboratory, according to a recently published U.S. Geological Survey study.

Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been washing up on the shore, sick and stunned by the cold ocean water.

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Kemp's ridley turtles are currently classified as critically endangered on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species.

In 2012, WCS launched an organization - wide program to revive some of the most endangered turtle and tortoise species.

Approximately 58 % of the world's 335 turtle species threatened with extinction, which makes turtles the most endangered vertebrate group in the world.

Jolie Harrison works at NOAA managing programs to implement the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act that: 1) allow for incidental marine mammal take resulting from activities such as military training or seismic surveys, and 2) allow for research, enhancement, and photography of marine mammals and ESA - listed fish and sea turtles.

This circulation has significantly contributed to the biodiversity of the countries along the eastern Adriatic coast; the common bottlenose dolphin is frequent in the eastern coast's waters only, and the Croatian coast provides refuge for the critically endangered monk seal and sea turtles.

Endangered sea turtles are in need of our attention, and the Internet offers some great activities for learning about sea turtles — and even tracking their movements!

In the library, first graders are following the progress of Miss Junie 2, an endangered sea turtle they adopted (for 85 cents each) from the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC).

It presents detailed accounts of the status of many types of sea turtles and why they are endangered.

NOAA Office of Protected Species Read the story of the green sea turtle and how and why it became endangered.

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.

She also participated in a Spay and Neuter program in Mazunte, Mexico; this program reduces the local pet population and promotes the survival of endangered sea turtles that nest on the coast.

Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina exemplifies NHES» 12th Guiding Principle, «To recognize in animals their capacity for friendship and their need for friends.

His investigations revealed that high officials in the U.S. Trust Territory of Palau were smuggling endangered species products from the Philippines to Palau and, contrary to U.S. law, they were also shipping sea turtles to Japan.

While in veterinary school, she studied mercury contamination of endangered river turtles in Venezuela.

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.

It is also one of the world's most important nesting sites for endangered leatherback turtles who come ashore between the months of November and April.

Part of the beach is a nesting site during the summer months for the endangered loggerhead sea turtle.

Its long sandy beach has plenty of facilities and offers a range of water sports, and its western tip is a nesting site for endangered sea turtles.

Tortuguero means turtle village and it is known for its three species of endangered sea turtles who lay their eggs on the beach here.

Kids may also enjoy visiting the nesting sites of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle, which are located at the western end of the beach.

CasaMagna and JW Marriott Cancun Resorts save an average of 3,000 endangered baby turtles each year.

You will have ample opportunities for snorkeling over colorful reefs and in Turtle Town with Hawaii's endangered green sea turtles and a variety of colorful marine life.

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.

South Africa doesn't bay too loudly about the annual appearance of leatherback (critically endangered) and loggerhead turtles on the coastline of iSimangaliso Wetland Park — one of the last major nesting sites in Africa where they can still lay their eggs on the beach.

Las Baulas National Park is home to the endangered Leatherback turtle, the largest of the sea turtles.