Turtles in Trouble: The World's 25+ Most Endangered - Wildlife ...

Turtles in Trouble: Top 25+ Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles—2011With Grateful Acknowledgment for Contributionsof Text, Photos, or Other Help byBEN ANDERS, ERNST H.W. BAARD, CHITTARANJAN BARUAH, TORSTEN BLANCK, ANDREW BRINKER,RAFE M. BROWN, KURT A. BUHLMANN, JAMES R. BUSKIRK, ALEJANDRA CADAVID, JOHN CANN,ENG HENG CHAN, PAUL CROW, ATHERTON DE VILLIERS, C. KENNETH DODD, JR., CARLA C. EISEMBERG,RUPALI GHOSH, ERIC V. GOODE, CRIS HAGEN, DOUG HENDRIE, HOANG VAN THAI, BRIAN D. HORNE,JENNIFER G. HOWETH, RICK HUDSON, BONGGI R. IBARRONDO, JOHN B. IVERSON, JAMES O. JUVIK,A. ROSS KIESTER, GERALD KUCHLING, MICHAEL LAU, RICHARD E. LEWIS, MAXIMILIAN S. MAURER,WILLIAM P. MCCORD, TIM MCCORMACK, MELVIN MERIDA, RUSSELL A. MITTERMEIER, ANNETTE OLSSON,VIVIAN P. PÁEZ, STEVEN G. PLATT, PETER PRASCHAG, PETER C.H. PRITCHARD, HUGH R. QUINN, RICK REED,ANDERS G.J. RHODIN, PETER RIGER, MAURICE RODRIGUES, SABINE SCHOPPE, SHAILENDRA SINGH,GRACIA SYED, CHRIS TABAKA, TRACEY TUBERVILLE, PETER PAUL VAN DIJK, RICHARD C. VOGT,ANDREW D. WALDE, WIN KO KO, LANCE WOOLAVER, ZHANG FANG, AND ZHOU TINGas well as Additional Support by the following Individuals and OrganizationsPIETER BORKENT, MATTHEW FRANKEL, AND GEORGE MEYER AND MARIA SEMPLE• • •IUCN (INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE)IUCN SPECIES SURVIVAL COMMISSION AND RED LIST PROGRAMMECITES (CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA)FORT WORTH ZOO • FRANKEL FAMILY FOUNDATION • PANAPHIL FOUNDATIONSAN DIEGO ZOO INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCHU.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICEThe last known wild Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Rafetus swinhoei, near Hanoi, Vietnam, whencaptured briefly in 2009 before being returned safely to its wetland habitat. Photo by Hoang Van Thai.– 2 –