turtle community

DGP Harish Gupta inaugurates new Coastal Security Police facility

Thousands of Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings are emerging at Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam. This mass hatching follows nesting by over two lakh turtles. Forest officials and volunteers are ensuring the safety of the baby turtles. Predators are being kept away and nearby industries are dimming lights. Researchers and the public are witnessing this natural event.

An Indian expatriate in sunny Florida found herself in a gripping situation with two cottonmouth snakes—one trapped and the other unrestrained. Eager to gather her community for help, she was met with unsettling silence, a jarring difference from the swift response she had anticipated during her time in India.

Nature walks, puzzles, stone painting, storytelling and many other activities on wild animals and birds organised

Every year, from January to April, along with Forest department these volunteers patrol the beaches at night and relocating them to hatcheries to protect from various predators. Their efforts not only protect the turtles but also restore the delicate balance of the coastal ecosystem.

As mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles nears at Rushikulya river mouth, the Berhampur forest division, alongside university students, conducted an awareness program. Experts emphasized the turtles' role as indicators of a healthy marine ecosystem, urging community protection during the sensitive nesting period. Sporadic nesting has already begun, with thousands of turtles congregating near the coast.

Special action plan rolled out by the forest authorities of Krishna district to save the lives of olive ridley turtles is yielding good results. The number of turtles visiting the coast is increasing every year.

A young conservation biologist hailing from Uttar Pradesh is spearheading an effort to save the highly secretive and exceptionally large Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle, locally known as Bheemanama/Paala Poovan, by putting in place a community led conservation initiative in one of the few remaining breeding populations of the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species in the Chandragiri river in Kasaragod.

Under the Punjab state’s first community based turtle conservation programme, nest of seven species of fresh turtles will now be protected from predators like foxes, ravens as well as human interference in Harike Wildlife Sanctuary and Beas Conservation Reserve.

A decade-long community initiative in Uttar Pradesh has rescued over 12,000 endangered turtle eggs from riverbed farms along the Ganga. Supported by WWF India and involving more than 1,300 Ganga mitras, the project focuses on reviving three endangered turtle species across 66 villages in 10 districts. Farmers have moved their activities to protect nesting sites.

A 100-year old belief led to conservation efforts that have helped a vulnerable breed of softshell turtles thrive in a quaint Haryana village

Turtle Ltd is keen to extend a helping hand to the turtles that were sighted at Rabindra Sarobar recently. The Howrah-based men’s apparel company that has been associated with turtle conservation projects for nearly a decade has experts on board who can assist the turtles abandoned at Rabindra Sarobar to adapt to the new environment and feel secure about it.

Men’s apparel company Turtle Ltd is keen to extend a helping hand to the turtles that were sighted at Rabindra Sarobar this weekend. The company, which has been associated with turtle conservation projects for nearly a decade, has experts on board who can assist the turtles abandoned at Rabindra Sarobar to adapt to the new environment and feel secure about it.

Plans are afoot to replicate the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary model to conserve ecosystem of the river Ganga all along 1,200 km downstream up to Prayagraj in UP after some 3,000 turtles, many of them endangered, were released into the Ganga at the sanctuary over the past eight years.