Report: Refusal to Ban Trapping Threatens Turtles in Nine States, Enables Illegal Trade CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nine states still allow unlimited commercial harvesting of some or all native turtle species, ...
A snapping turtle sits on the side of County Road waiting to cross. (Toby Talbot, AP) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Activists are pushing the Ohio Division of Natural Resources to consider limits for the number ...
The Report analyzes state laws in terms of how effective they are believed to protect wild turtles from commercial practices. 30 states allow no commercial turtle harvest, eight states provide ...
After 20 years of trying to phase out commercial turtle trapping in Minnesota, lawmakers have banned the practice. Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation May 24 that outlaws commercial turtle trapping ...
COLUMBUS — Life-long Platte County resident Lee Rupp has been trapping turtles for use in area turtle races for more than 30 years. The veteran turtle wrangler has enjoyed his tag-along apprentice — ...
State game regulators are accepting public comments through mid-November on a proposal to further curb turtle trapping in Arkansas. Last year, a national conservation group petitioned the state Game ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Trapping turtles for profit will soon be a thing of the past in Minnesota. Starting next January, commercial harvesting of the state's wild turtles will no longer be legal. It's a move ...
Each year, tens of thousands of live turtles are stolen from America’s woodlands and waterways and shipped overseas as pets or for meat. And with lax laws against harvest, South Carolina is a haven ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...