Is that a turtle in your pocket? No Sir, It’s fourteen turtles!

bulging pockets of petty thief pocketing turtles

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment pets, petty thief, Tainan City, turtles

A shoplifter was caught red-handed after stuffing a total of 14 small turtles in his pockets at an aquarium store in Tainan City yesterday, Sunday, January 21. At around 4:00pm, a store clerk at an aquarium shop in Anping District noticed a small turtle fall out of a customer’s bulging trouser pocket, and suspecting the man was attempting to shoplift, immediately called the police. Police from the nearby Huaping Police Station rushed to the aquarium shop and confronted the 57-year-old

Animals Marine and Fisheries

September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marine conservation, marine ecology, marine environment, Pingtung County, turtles

Hengchun, Taiwan – A leatherback turtle found stranded on the coast of Pingtung County in southern Taiwan in July died of starvation due to fishing line stuck in its digestive tract, an autopsy revealed. Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council released autopsy results indicating that the cause of death was necrotizing enteritis, as the turtle’s stomach was empty, and its intestinal tract contained a total of 425 centimeters of fishing line. This obstruction led to folding and twisting in the lower digestive

Animals Marine and Fisheries

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Press Release 0 Comment angling, fishing, marine conservation, marine environment, turtles

Press Release: Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) The Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) recently received reports of a green loggerhead impaled by a barbed fishing lure in the waters off Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County. The lure pierced the turtle’s chin, neck and left fin, visibly tugging at the animal’s skin with every fin stroke. The injured turtle was spotted by divers who captured video footage of the scene. According to Taiwan’s Wildlife Conservation Act, members

stranded turtle entangled in discarded fishing nets

Animals Marine and Fisheries

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marine conservation, marine ecology, turtles

A live leatherback turtle was sent to National Taiwan Ocean University for medical treatment after being found stranded on New Taipei City beach yesterday, February 1. Coast Guard personnel were dispatched to Fulong Beach in Gongliao District after National Coast Guard Administration received reports of a large sea turtle seen entangled in discarded fishing nets and stranded on the beach at around 10:00 am. Coast Guard officers found the animal to be a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), a species

turtles released into the ocean after rehabilitation

Marine and Fisheries

May 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marine ecology, Penghu Islands, turtles

Penghu County Agriculture and Fisheries Bureau released 15 rehabilitated turtles back into the wild after inviting students from local elementary schools, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, and members of the general public to participate in the event this morning, May 15. Six of the turtles had hatched during the 2015 and 2016 breeding seasons, but had been too weak to climb out of the nest on their own. The juvenile turtles were now around 30 centimeters long, and

turtles

Is that a turtle in your pocket? No Sir, It’s fourteen turtles!

Leatherback sea turtle dies after ingesting fishing line

Environmental group draws attention to fishing gear threat with video of turtle injured by fish lure

Live leatherback turtle found stranded on beach entangled in fishing nets

15 Rehabilitated Turtles Returned to the Sea