Tag: Turtle

A rare tortoise with a Shivling-like shape of was rescued by locals in Odisha These images are from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Locals spotted the tortoise at the river bank and then it was released into the water. 

Paradip: Scattered carcasses of endangered Olive Ridley turtles on Paradip sea beach have fuelled major concern among environmentalists and local authorities. Such mass deaths have triggered outrage in several quarters and it is being alleged that no steps have been taken to conserve the rare species while guidelines are not even followed while burying their […]

Bhubaneswar/Vijayawada: As many as 406 Indian star tortoises were seized by the officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday evening at Vijayawada railway station in Andhra Pradesh while being smuggled to Bangladesh via Bhubaneswar. The DRI sleuths also apprehended two women who were transporting the endangered species in four bags by train. Both […]

Malkangiri: Three persons including one from Andhra Pradesh were arrested by Forest Department officials at Kalimela in Malkangiri district while they were transporting turtles in a pick-up van from bordering Andhra Pradesh. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Forest personnel intercepted a van at MPV-60 village under Kalimela forest range area and seized around […]

Malkangiri: More than 350 rare species of turtles were seized and three persons arrested by forest officials in Chitrakonda on Thursday. The turtles were being illegally transported in an auto rickshaw at a local market in MV-79 under Kalimela police limits. A forest official said the rare turtles had been kept in eight bags and […]

Kendrapara: Despite erosion of beach at Gahirmatha, convergence of lakhs of turtles at the nesting ground for mass nesting has come in as pleasant surprise for turtle lovers and wildlife experts. Though marauding sea has eaten up sizable portion of the geographical boundary of Gahirmatha beach at unmanned Nasi-2 Island, World’s largest known rookery of […]

Berhampur: In a bid to protect Olive Ridley sea turtles, the Forest Department has set up nine protection units near Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district. The Rushikulya river mouth, 45km from the silk city of Berhampur, is one of the biggest rookeries in the state for the endangered sea creature. “Countless pairs of Olive […]

Kendrapara: Over 30,000 Olive Ridley Turtles have arrived at Gahirmatha Beach, the world s largest-known nesting ground of this marine specie. The nesting beaches along Nasi-1 and Nasi-2 islands close to the Missile Test Range Centre at Wheeler s Island are teeming with thousands of female turtles who emerged from the sea, proceeded to the […]