Man arrested in Phoenix after alleged Bay Area turtle-smuggling ring moved 1,800+ protected turtles to Taiwan.

A Louisiana man is accused of poaching and trafficking more than 1,800 protected turtles in a $550,000 international scheme.

Authorites have detained a man accused of participating in a turtle poaching scheme tied to the Asian pet trade, officials ...

A new study says that the risk poaching poses to endangered sea turtles is on the decline -- although data on the subject is scarce. A new study says that the risk poaching poses to endangered sea ...

Albert Bazaar allegedly sold protected Florida turtles to an exporter who shipped them to Taiwan's pet trade, falsely ...

Feds say a Louisiana man stole and sold more than 1,800 Florida turtles worth $550,000, using boats and false paperwork to ...

If you report someone for poaching alligator snapping turtles, you could take home a sizeable sum of cash. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) was previously rewarding up to $1,000 to ...

Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say they’ve arrested two men for poaching thousands of turtles and selling them. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release ...

The illegal killing and trafficking of sea turtles is down overall, but 44,000 sea turtles are still poached each year. An estimated that 1.1 million sea turtles were poached over a 30-year period, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Costa Rica’s National Coast Guard returned hundreds of baby sea turtles to the ocean after rescuing them from poachers. On X, ...