tortoise

Malkangiri: In a big success, the Forest Department of Chitrakonda seized turtles weighing about 1000 kg, kept in 35 sacks in Malkangiri district of Odisha on Monday.The Chitrakonda Forest Department officials caught the turtles’…

New Delhi: As many as 436 live turtles were recovered from a person who was travelling in a bus in Varanasi on Monday. These are repotedly Tent Turtles that are protected under Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. ANI informed about this in a…

World’s oldest living animal, a tortoise named Jonathan has reportedly celebrated its 191st birthday recently. The guinnessworldrecords posted a video recently on Instagram about this oldest tortoise that is believed to have been born in…

Gajapati: As many as 20 tortoises were rescued during a raid by the forest department in Gajapati district of Odisha on Monday.Reports suggest that, the locals spotted a man on a bike who looked suspicious. They intercepted him and…

Jajpur: A rare tortoise weighing about 40kg was rescued at Gopakul village in Odisha’s Jajpur district. A joint team of Snake helpline member Pramod Kumar Sahu and Mangalpur Police rescued the rare tortoise.According to reports, one…