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HA NOI,
Viet Nam |
December 18, 2020
World’s Most Endangered Turtle Gets Some Good News In 2020
The
Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have made dramatic progress to possibly prevent the extinction of Swinhoe’s softshell turtle (
Rafetus swinhoei)
also known as the Yangtze giant softshell turtle or or Hoan Kiem turtle.
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