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‘Most impressive’ alligator snapping turtle is still one of Alabama’s weirdest animals
The turtles are now a protected species in Alabama and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a proposal to add the snappers to the federal Endangered Species List. Some experts are ...
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Pearl River Map Turtles Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection in Mississippi, Louisiana
Instead, it gave them weaker protections, along with three other species of map turtles — Alabama, Escambia and Barbour’s — from poaching and commercial harvest due to their “similarity of appearance” ...
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Orange Beach looks to build $1.5 million ‘freestanding ER for sea turtles’ on Alabama’s coast
A new facility in Orange Beach will help rehabilitate injured sea turtles. “It’s like a freestanding [emergency room] for sea turtles in Orange Beach,” Nicole Woerner, deputy director of ...
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Pearl River Map Turtles Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection in Mississippi, Louisiana
Instead, it gave them weaker protections, along with three other species of map turtles — Alabama, Escambia and Barbour’s — from poaching and commercial harvest due to their “similarity of appearance” ...