23/05/2026
Emergency Turtle Rescue in Northern Vietnam: One of the Largest Native Turtle Confiscations in a Decade
On World Turtle Day, the team from the Asian Turtle Program of Indo-Myanmar Conservation and Cuc Phuong National Park are dealing with one of the largest confiscations of tortoises and freshwater turtles made in Vietnam in the past decade. 272 turtles of five critical species were rescued on the 12th of May 2026 by authorities in Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam. The animals have now been rescued to the Turtle Conservation Centre of Cuc Phuong National Park and are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.
The rescue included: Indochinese Box Turtles (Cuora galbinifrons), Bourret’s Box Turtle (Cuora bourreti), Keeled Box Turtles (Cuora mouhotii), Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) and Four-eyed Turtles (Sacalia quadriocellata).
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Huge turtle rescue in Vietnam—hundreds saved.
Emergency Turtle Rescue in Northern Vietnam: One of the Largest Native Turtle Confiscations in a Decade On the 12th of May 2026, authorities in Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam, confiscated…
