Most notably, they discovered over 1,000 live turtles in a storage warehouse. The turtles all belonged to three species ...

Pune forest department registers case against a hotel owner for housing an Indian roofed turtle, a Schedule-1 animal. Wildlife warden initiates investigation under the Indian Wildlife (Protection ...

"This became the first reintroduction in India of the red-crowned roofed turtle," said Arunima Singh of the Indian Turtle Restoration Project, according to the Hindustan Times. With shells capable ...

Turtles have traditionally been conserved in several temple ponds of Assam as they are believed to be a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. The turtles in the Nagshankar temple complex, cared for by the TSA ...

Out of 478, the majority were Indian star tortoises, followed by the Indian roofed turtle, spotted pond turtle, Indian tent turtle, crowned river turtle and brown roofed turtle. "During the course ...

The Indian Roofed Turtle has been protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. It is typically found in northern, central and peninsular India.

A team from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), along with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials, apprehended two accused in possession of 65 Indian Roofed Turtles and Spotted Pond ...

A rescued Indian roofed turtle (Pangshura tecta). Image by Sadiqur Rahman. WCCU staff pose with the turtles they confisctated at a temporary storage warehouse in Chandpur.