Center for Biological Diversity

Report: Refusal to Ban Trapping Threatens Turtles in Nine States, Enables Illegal Trade

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, ...
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Ark. Game & Fish Commission considering potential ban on commercial turtle trapping

BATESVILLE (KATV) — Last year over 50,000 turtles were harvested from Arkansas waterways through commercial turtle trapping efforts. It's a number several conservation groups are petitioning to bring ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Groups urge ban on wild turtle trapping in Arkansas

Several conservation groups have petitioned the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to ban the trapping for sale of the state's wild turtles. The conservation groups cited concerns that unlimited ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Panel seeks public opinion on limiting turtle trapping

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 ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Endangered Species Protection Proposed for Alligator Snapping Turtle

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 ...
KARE 11

Minnesota bans commercial turtle trapping

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 ...