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General Interest - Turtles and Tortoises
Tortoises
- Tortoise Trust The TORTOISE TRUST is the world's largest tortoise and turtle organization, with members in more than 26 countries. For almost 20 years the Tortoise Trust has consistently developed new methods of husbandry, and has actively campaigned for the conservation and protection of tortoises and turtles around the world.
- American Tortoise Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1990 to rescue, rehabilitate, adopt and protect all species of tortoise and turtle.
- Gopher Tortoise Fact Sheet From the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
- Testudo kleinmanni - the Eqyptian Tortoise: its natural history, its captive care, its beauty, its lore. . .
Sea Turtles
- H.E.A.R.T Help Endangered Animals - Ridley Turtles - Carole Allen's site.
- Turtle Trax A Page Devoted to Marine Turtles
Texas Parks and Wildlife Pages
Turtle and Tortoise Societies
- California Turtle and Tortoise Society Dedicated to Turtle & Tortoise Preservation, Conservation, Study and Education, Since 1964.
- Chicago Herpetological Society The Chicago Herpetological Society is a group of reptile and amphibian enthusiasts. Its goals are education, conservation and the advancement of herpetology.
- New York Turtle and Tortoise Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the conservation, preservation of habitat, and the promotion of proper husbandry and captive propagation of turtles and tortoises.
- San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society is a federally registered non-profit California Corporation comprised of individuals sharing a common interest in chelonians and is dedicated to the preservation of existing wild populations along with a better understanding and knowledge of care for those animals already in captivity.
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