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Indian/Sri Lankan Star Tortoise (G. elegans)
Burmese Star Tortoise
(G. platynota)
Other Starred Tortoises
Angulate Tortoise
(C. angulata)
Misc. Pages
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Rescue & Adoption Links
turtles & tortoises
A beautiful Burmese Star tortoise (not available in rescue). It's a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and illegal collecting. If you are looking for a pet tortoise, always buy a captive-bred one, or better yet, adopt a rescue tortoise.
Celebrate the 10th annual 'World Turtle Day' on May 23, 2010! It's sponsored by the American Tortoise Rescue (ATR). See the link under California.
Turtle & tortoise rescue links
Nationwide
- Petfinder - adoptions listings from rescue groups, look under reptiles
- Turtle Homes - USA, Canada, UK, Asia
AL - Alabama
- ARRS - Alabama Reptile Rescue Sanctuary
AZ - Arizona
- ASDM - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Desert tortoise adoption program in the Tucson area
- AZGFD - Arizona Game and Fish Department, list of state-sanctioned adoption facilities for Desert tortoises
- My New Turtle - rescues for adoption
- Phoenix Herpetological society - turtle and tortoise adoptions, including Arizona Desert tortoises
CA - California
- American Tortoise Rescue - ATR, Malibu
- Clovis Turtle & Tortoise Rescue - Clovia
- CTTC - California Turtle and Tortoise Club; local chapters include Cen-Val, Chino Valley, Foothill, High Desert, Inland Empire, Kern Co, Low Desert, Orange Co, San Fernando Valley, Santa Barbara - Ventura, Silicon Valley, TOOSLO, and Turtle & Tortoise Care Society
- Joshua Tree Tortoise Rescue - rescue and rehabilitation of the endangered California Desert Tortoise, chapter of CTTC, Joshua Tree
- SDHS - San Diego Herpetological Society
- SDTTS - San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society
- Turtle Dreams - 'Montecito Turtle Lady' (Jeanie Vaughan) by Judi Anderson in Society, Feb 2008
CO - Colorado
- CoRHS - Colorado Reptile Humane Society, Longmont
FL - Florida
IN - Indiana
ME - Maine
- NEARR - New England Amphibian & Reptile Rescue, Canaan
MD - Maryland
- MARS - Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show, local rescue & adoption, Baltimore
- MATTS - Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society, Baltimore
MI - Michigan
NV - Nevada
NM - New Mexico
- RGTTC - Rio Grande Turtle & Tortoise Club, Albuquerque
NY - New York
OH - Ohio
- ARR - Arrowhead Reptile Rescue
TX - Texas
Misc. links
- Anapsid - Melissa Kaplan's list of herp societies and rescue organizations, US and international
- Desert Tortoise Council - Desert tortoises in AZ, CA, NV, UT
- Desert Tortoise Council - Answering Questions about Desert Tortoises; chapter 2 describes laws protecting the Desert tortoises, chapter 4 includes info about adoptions in AZ, CA, NV, and UT
- Tortoise Aid - habitat destruction, wild caught trade, Asian turtle crises, live animal food markets, etc.
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