All Turtles At Recovery Centre Found To Have Ingested Plastic

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Pictures shows the microplastics ingested by the turtles recovered in the La Tahonilla Wildlife Recovery Center, in Tenerife, Spain, undated. All the turtles treated at the centre have ingested plastic throughout their lives. (Cabildo Insular de Tenerife/Newsflash)

A worrying new report has shown that all turtles treated at an animal recovery centre in Tenerife have ingested plastic. Plastic traces were found in stool samples from every turtle…

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Double Headed Conjoined Twin Turtles Die Of Multiple Organ Failure

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Siamese twin turtles found by tourists in Pamukkale travertines region, Turkey. (Dr. Eyup Baskale/Newsflash)

These rare conjoined twin turtles that made international headlines after they were found on a beach by a tourist have died of multiple organ failure. The conjoined turtles were found…

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Frozen Turtles Thaw And Come Back To Life After Woman Leaves Them Outside In Icy Temps

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Pet turtles frozen to ice before being brought back to life in Zhengzhou, China. (1594631633/AsiaWire)

This is the moment a Chinese woman films her pet turtles apparently coming back to life after they froze in blocks of ice when she left them outside in bitter…

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British Marine Wildlife Expert: New Galapagos Fishing Policy Threatens Critically Endangered Species

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Green sea turtle. Mr Green, who took the photograph himself, told Real Press: "Its forefin was almost amputated by the longline but many die as they cannot reach the surface to breathe." He added: "This one was lucky to be alive as it was still just about able to reach the surface to breathe. But a lot of turtles get ensnared in the lines and tangled, and as they cannot breathe, they die. They are then usually discarded."

People in the Galapagos Islands are using controversial longline fishing methods where hundreds of hooks are baited to catch fish but also catch everything from seabirds through to turtles and…

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Moment US Coast Guard Releases 200 Injured Baby Turtles Back Into Sea

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The Coast Guard crew releasing turtles in the sea

This is the moment the US Coast Guard releases over 200 baby turtles which had sustained injuries during the nesting season back into the sea following treatment. The collection included…

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Rare Turtles Return To Sea After Treatment In Tenerife

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Two turtles being released back again to the sea by Wildlife recovery center "La Tahonilla" worker on world sea turtle day

This is the moment two endangered turtles are released into the sea after recovering at a wildlife centre in Tenerife. The pair of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), categorised as…

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