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Fish and Wildlife Commission Must Stop Importation of Turtles and Frogs for Asian Live Food Markets in California

Commission Meets In Santa Rose April 13 and 14For 18 years, we have been appearing before California Fish & Wildlife asking for the Commission to stop the importation of turtles and frogs into the Asian live food markets in California. The commission meets in Santa Rosa CA, April 13 and 14, Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa, 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Eric Mills from Action for Animals will be speaking again Thursday. A 4th-grade school teacher and her class of 15 students have all written to Commissioner Richard Rogers (now gone), asking for them to do something about the

California Asian Live Food Markets Continue Killing Turtles and Frogs Even After Years of Protests

Commission Meets Again in Santa Rosa CA, April 13 and 14American Tortoise Rescue continues to work with other groups to stop the importation of turtles and frogs into the California Asian live food markets. For 18 years, we have been appearing before California Fish & Wildlife asking the Commission to stop the importation of turtles and frogs into the Asian live food markets in California. The commission meets in Santa Rosa CA, April 13 and 14, Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa, 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Eric Mills from Action for Animals will be speaking again Thursday.

Five Reasons to Not Buy a Turtle or Tortoise for Christmas/Holiday Gifts

American Tortoise Rescue Suggests Fun Toys or Donations InsteadAmerican Tortoise Rescue , the international nonprofit for turtle and tortoise protection, is asking consumers to not buy live animals, especially turtles and tortoises, as holiday gifts.  According to Susan Tellem, co-founder of American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), while these wonderful reptiles have outlived the dinosaurs, wide spread illegal smuggling and the commercial pet trade in turtles and tortoises has devastated wild populations worldwide.  Many once thriving species are now threatened or

American Tortoise Rescue Celebrates WorldTurtleDay® 2015 on May 23rd

All Volunteer Organization Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing and RehomingMalibu, CA – March 30, 2015 – American Tortoise Rescue  (ATR), a nonprofit organization established in 1990 for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle, is celebrating its 15th annual World Turtle Day® on May 23rd.  The day was created by ATR as an observance to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.  Since 1990, Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson, the founders of ATR, have rescued and rehomed about 3,000 tortoises and turtles

Letter to Parents Regarding the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie From American Tortoise Rescue

Dear Parents:   We’re asking you to save a turtle’s life and perhaps even your child’s.  In August, your children will be enjoying another edition of the extremely popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie release.  This will include a whole new generation of kids who missed the 2007 animated film.  It’s fun and great entertainment. But, we are writing this to ask for your help.  Since the first movie was released in 1990, hundreds of thousands of live turtles, mostly water turtles called red eared sliders, were purchased for between $10 and $25 after each ninja movie was

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