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Uncovering the tortoise trade route - Jun 2, 2007 The HinduAs a CITES Appendix II animal, the Indian star tortoise needs an export permit only to facilitate its legal crossing of international boundaries (besides ... Indian star tortoise - Aug 17, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Oklahoman - Factiva, from Dow JonesAppearance: The shell of the tortoise has raised, pyramid-shaped bumps with star patterns. The females grow up to 10 inches, the males 6 inches. ... Article: In the spotlight over illegal trade - New Straits Times |... - Dec 3, 2005 Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam Research...widely known as the kingpin of the Indian Star Tortoise smuggling racket, ... Straits Times 07-22-2004 Indian Star Tortoise may get protection . ... Article: Dreamnight links kids and critters: First-time event lets... - Jun 3, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Akron Beacon Journal - HighBeam ResearchThe Indian Star Tortoise is an endangered reptile that is protected ... Straits Times 07-22-2004 Indian Star Tortoise may get protection Edition: Main . ... Seizure of a different kind at airport in capital - Mar 26, 2006 The HinduA senior Forest Department official said that the Indian star tortoise, Geochelone elegans, found in the arid regions of south India was a highly prized ... An Indian Star tortoise (geochelone elegans) balances precariously...... - Jun 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchAn Indian Star tortoise (geochelone elegans) balances precariously... ... find Getty Images articles. TENGKU BAHAR Getty Images 06-25-2007 An Indian Star ... An Indian Star tortoise (geochelone elegans) crawls over its... |... - Jun 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchAn Indian Star tortoise (geochelone elegans) crawls over its... ... find Getty Images articles. TENGKU BAHAR Getty Images 06-25-2007 An Indian Star tortoise ... Human couriers for tortoises - Oct 21, 2007 Malaysia StarThe Indian star tortoise is listed under Appendix II of the Convention on ... So far, three repatriations of the Indian star tortoise have been carried out. ... Malaysia Smuggled Tortoises Pictures from June 25, 2007 | HighBeam … - Jun 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchSeized Indian star tortoise, right, are seen inside an aquarium while a ... Malaysia will send almost 400 Indian star tortoise, protected in India, ... Article: Mon Mome looks Leicester banker.(News) - Evening Chronicle (... - Jan 9, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Evening Chronicle - HighBeam ResearchNew Straits Times 07-22-2004 Indian Star Tortoise may get protection Edition . ... The Indian Star Tortoise may soon be afforded legal ... report Demand ... New wildlife law from March - Jan 29, 2008 Malaysia StarKUALA LUMPUR: The Indian star tortoise is an endangered species but it can be brought into Malaysia without a permit because there are no laws to prevent ... Some turtles win the old shell game - Oct 24, 2007 Toronto StarThe Gomboc, left, a self-righting shape designed by mathematicians Gabor Domokos and Peter Varkonyi, resembles the Indian star tortoise which can right ... Appeal after thieves steal rare tortoise from pet shop - Sep 13, 2006 New Post LeaderThe Indian Star tortoise was taken from its tank at Fish Trek in the Shades of Green Garden Centre, North Seaton Industrial Estate, shortly after 1.30pm on ... Article: Indian star faces jail.(News) - Sunday Mail (Glasgow,... - Aug 26, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mail - HighBeam ResearchNew Straits Times 07-22-2004 Indian Star Tortoise may get protection Edition . ... The Indian Star Tortoise may soon be afforded legal ... report Demand ... Article: Tuck wins appeal but is angered by the cost.(Sports) - The... - Apr 28, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Racing Post - HighBeam ResearchNew Straits Times 07-22-2004 Indian Star Tortoise may get protection Edition . ... The Indian Star Tortoise may soon be afforded legal ... report Demand ... Tortoise Smuggling Pictures from October 14, 2006 | HighBeam Research... - Oct 14, 2006 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA forest official holds an Indian Star Tortoise after Indian authorities seized ... Seized Indian star tortoise, right, are seen inside an aquarium while a ... Article: Tortoise charge denied.(News) - Apr 12, 2007 Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam ResearchThree-year-old Dally, an Indian Star tortoise, was taken from the Fish Trek store at the Shades of Green Garden Centre, North Seaton Industrial Estate, ... From bearded dragons to green tree pythons, The Herald finds them all... - Aug 16, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Herald - ProQuest ArchiverRequests for bearded dragons and red ear slider turtles, along with adverts for green tree pythons and an Indian star tortoise graced the same site ... Illegal animal trading puts Malaysia on the world map for all the... - Aug 10, 2009 AsiaOneUntil recently, the Indian star tortoise from the Indian sub-continent that was banned from export was easily available in local pet shops. ... Stop buying and safe the animals - Jul 10, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mail - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe Indian Star Tortoise, Geochelone elegans, for instance, is extremely popular for ... This means that every single Indian Star Tortoise on sale here in ... Natalie Angier Answers Readers' Questions About Turtles - Ask Science... - Dec 16, 2006 New York TimesThe Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans), for example, can still be found in the drier regions of northwest India and into Pakistan, and along the ... Malaysia to return 400 rare tortoises smuggled from India - Jun 26, 2007 Indian ExpressAn Indian star tortoise usually sells for $14 in Malaysia. Haidar said new laws giving wildlife protection officials more powers are currently being planned ... After slow and steady probe, alleged tortoise smuggler caught - Jan 11, 2008 $2.95 - Chico Enterprise-Record - NewsBankThough he has an importer's license that would permit him to legally obtain tortoises from overseas, he said Burmese and Indian Star tortoise captives bred ... India counts cost of tortoise too pretty for its own good | Article... - Sep 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam ResearchAmong the red-hot runners is Geochelone elegans or the Indian star tortoise, highly favoured because of its pretty patterned shell. ... Tortoise smuggler gets shelled for trafficking - Jun 3, 2006 pittsburghlive.comAn Indian star tortoise, which gets its name from the radiating star pattern on its shell, sells for between $800 and $1000. Tokosh traded five spotted ... Malaysia Smuggled Tortoises Pictures from June 25, 2007 | HighBeam … - Jun 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA photo journalist shoots the seized Indian star tortoise inside an aquarium ... Malaysia will send almost 400 Indian star tortoise, protected in India, ... PET TOPICS: The delights of de-worming - Jan 28, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Nation - Factiva, from Dow JonesWhen I mention the problem to my vet, she tells me about an Indian star tortoise she has been treating. Its owner brought him to her office last week. ... Star tortoises meet gory end on roads - Jul 20, 2009 Times of India..."The Indian star tortoise is protected under Endangered Species Act and it's illegal either to possess or trade in them. The species is becoming very ... Indonesia cited for illegal turtle sales - World environment-... - Jan 8, 2008 msnbc.com...while others like the Indian Star tortoise are imported from dealers in other parts of Southeast Asia including Malaysia and Thailand, the report said. ... Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest - Aug 17, 2009 Dallas Morning NewsKHOU-TV reports the suspect's mother on Sunday returned the $600 Indian star tortoise to Pet City in Spring. Security video released last week showed a ... Turtle purchase draws scheme out of shell - Feb 22, 2006 Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAn Indian star tortoise, which gets its name from the radiating star pattern on its shell, sells for between $800 and $1000, Anderson said. ... Julieflora removal project gets over - Oct 22, 2009 HinduPoint Calimere is also home to the spotted deer, feral pony, wild boar, jackal, mongoose, bonnet macaque, black-naped hare and Indian star tortoise. ... Chennai's biodiversity ark - Jul 31, 2008 The HinduMadras Hedgehog, Indian Gerbil, Common Monitor Lizard, Fanthroated Lizard and the Indian Star Tortoise, besides birds like the Grey Francolin. ... Illegal pet trade thrives - Jun 23, 2009 Times of India...tortoises and freshwater turtles (Indian Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans, and the Pignosed Turtle Carretochelys insculpta), snakes or lizards, ... Wildlife laws need protection - Sep 7, 2009 Times of IndiaThe recovered animals belonged to the Indian star tortoise, tent turtle, and roofed turtle varieties. Cops said the shop's owner Monu Kumar had told them ... Article: Tortoise man avoids shelling out.(News) - Evening Chronicle... - Jun 7, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Evening Chronicle - HighBeam ResearchChronicle (Newcastle, England); October 10, 2006 ; 346 words ... ... offering a reward for the return of three-year-old Dally, an Indian Star tortoise. ... All but Ageless, Turtles Face Their Biggest Threat: Humans - Dec 12, 2006 New York TimesThere is the Indian star tortoise, its shell a vivid basket weave of dark and light veins that dance like spattered sunlight as the tortoise crosses the ... Hungary to focus on natural resources and culture at Expo - May 8, 2009 央视国际It is the first known homogenous object with one stable and one unstable equilibrium point, similar to the shape of the Indian Star Tortoise. ... Turning star turtle - May 12, 2008 Daily News & Analysis..."The Indian star tortoise is threatened by the pet trade and people can help by not buying it from pet shops. People should report such activities to the ... Wildlife census taken - Aug 3, 2009 HinduPoint Calimere is also home to the spotted deer, feral pony, wild boar, jackal, mongoose, bonnet macaque, black-naped hare and Indian star tortoise. ... Pet shop boy - The Irish Times - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 - Jul 5, 2008 Irish TimesPets for sale here include everything from an Indian Star Tortoise for €450 to boxes full of noisy crickets for just €5. (The latter, I assume, ... Malaysia to tighten wildlife legislation. - Dec 7, 2005 Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com...fish and species such as the critically endangered Indian Star tortoise are not adequately protected in Malaysia because of loopholes in the law. ... Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest - Aug 14, 2009 Dallas Morning NewsThe theft of the $600 Indian star tortoise, about the size of a tennis ball, from Pet City in Spring was captured on security video. ... CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | October 27, 2007 - Oct 27, 2007 CBC.caGomboc and Indian Star Tortoise - courtesy Dr. G. Domokos. Dr. Gabor Domokos, an engineer at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, ... Indonesian government moves to regulate turtle trade - Feb 25, 2008 Science CentricThe new regulations will benefit threatened species such as Radiated Tortoise and Indian Star Tortoise, which are amongst the most popular in trade, ... Dreamnight links kids and critters: First-time event lets patients,... - Jun 3, 2006 Free with registration - Akron Beacon Journal - AccessMyLibrary.comKids fed the Humboldt Penguins and got to pet rabbits, an Indian Star Tortoise and a Mexican Blonde Tarantula. Tori Pace, 11, of Brunswick was not ... Malaysia to tighten wildlife legislation | Article from AP Worldstream... - Dec 7, 2005 Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam Research...fish and species such as the critically endangered Indian Star tortoise are not adequately protected in Malaysia because of loopholes in the law. ... Are there dangers in your suitcase? - Aug 16, 2008 Liverpool Daily PostSome of these are obvious – if you return home from Libya with the shell of an Indian star tortoise, for example, then chances are you would suspect it was ... Article: House up for shell.(News) - Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)... - May 6, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Daily Record - HighBeam ResearchTerry Barclay, 48, of Newburgh Street, Amble, was arrested after the Indian Star tortoise, called Dally, was taken from the Fish Trek pet shop in North ... A rescued baby begins his road to health - Dec 22, 2007 The NationA few weeks ago, a friend dropped by my house with a baby Indian star tortoise. The kid can't be more than six months old, too young even to tell if it's a ... Slithery world of reptile smugglers - Jan 14, 2009 $2.95 - Berkshire Eagle, The - NewsBankIf you are looking at a rare baby Indian star tortoise, how can you tell where it was born — in a swamp or in a heat-regulated herpetarium? ... Wildlife Trade in South-East Asia - May 2, 2006 WWF International...tortoises and freshwater turtles (eg Indian Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans, and the Pignosed Turtle Carretochelys insculpta), snakes or lizards, ... Hungarian scientific discovery makes waves - Jan 25, 2007 Caboodle.huTheir research helps to explain the shape of tortoise shells, in particular, the distinctive Indian Star Tortoise. Várkonyi was a silver medalist at the ... Article: Rare pet theft denied.(News) - Evening Chronicle (Newcastle,... - Apr 12, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Evening Chronicle - HighBeam ResearchA man has denied stealing a rare tortoise from a pet shop. The Indian Star tortoise, called ... Read all of this article with a FREE trial ... Article: Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department officer... - Jun 25, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchWildlife Protection and National Parks Department officer Othman Mohammad Yatim displays a pair of leopard tortoises (C and R) and an Indian star tortoise ... Wildlife census taken - Aug 2, 2009 HinduPoint Calimere is also home to the spotted deer, feral pony, wild boar, jackal, mongoose, bonnet macaque, black-naped hare and Indian star tortoise. Star tortoises meet gory end on roads - Jul 19, 2009 Times of India..."The Indian star tortoise is protected under Endangered Species Act and it's illegal either to possess or trade in them. The species is becoming very Rare tortoises join Ballarat Wildlife Park family - Mar 12, 2009 Ballarat CourierThe largest measured Indian Star Tortoise grew to 36cm. Animal keeper Cindy Jones said park staff were thrilled to have the new additions. Tale of the tortoises: Knoxville Zoo helps endangered species thrive - Nov 5, 2008 Knoxville News Sentinel,It has great success breeding the endangered Indian star tortoise. The zoo acquired these animals in the early 1990s after they were confiscated by the Let’s go talk to the animals... - Nov 12, 2007 New Straits Times,...a dog but a squirrel), a blue-tongued lizard (the largest in the skink family) and an Indian star tortoise (with radiating star patterns on its shell). Human couriers for tortoises - Oct 20, 2007 Malaysia Star,The Indian star tortoise is listed under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), which allows trade, Prize tortoises in school - Aug 17, 2007 Calcutta Telegraph,The Indian Star Tortoise has been declared a protected species under Schedule IV of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Appeal after thieves steal rare tortoise from pet shop Sep 13, 2006 The Indian Star tortoise was taken from its tank at Fish Trek in the Shades of Green Garden Centre, North Seaton Industrial Estate, shortly after 1.30pm on ... - Blyth Wansbeck Today, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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