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{{Infobox organization | name = Turtle Conservancy | logo = Turtle_Conservancy_Logo.png | type = Nonprofit | tax_id = 20-2899240 | status = 501(c)(3) | purpose = Conservation and habitat preservation | headquarters = Ojai, California | abbreviation = TC | founder = Eric Goode, Maurice Rodrigues | leader_title = Board Chair | leader_name = Anders Rhodin, M.D. | leader_title2 = President & CEO | leader_name2 = Eric Goode | website = {{URL|https://www.turtleconservancy.org/}} }}
The '''Turtle Conservancy''' ('''TC''') is a conservation organization that aims to protect endangered turtles, tortoises, and their habitats worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Finnegan |first=William |date=23 January 2012 |title=Slow and Steady |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/23/120123fa_fact_finnegan |magazine=The New Yorker |pages=56–65}}</ref>
TC has supported projects in China,<ref>{{cite news|last=Knott|first=Kylie|title=Rare Turtles Sent To Hong Kong|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1234653/rare-turtles-sent-hong-kong|access-date=May 13, 2013|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> Guyana, India, Mexico, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, South Africa, the Philippines, and the United States. It has also been involved in projects in Southeast Asia, where they investigated the illegal animal trade.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hance|first=Jeremy|title=Over|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/mar/25/tortoise-species-population-smugglers-bag|access-date=March 23, 2013|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
==Programs== TC's conservation strategies include habitat protection, restoration, and stewardship, animal reintroduction, and a fieldwork grant program. It works within five main domains: species conservation, protection of wild lands, research science, global awareness and education, and illegal trade prevention.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
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==External links== *[https://www.turtleconservancy.org/magazine ''The Tortoise'' magazine] *[https://www.turtleconservancy.org/trouble "Turtles in Trouble: The World’s 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles – 2018"] *[https://www.turtleconservancy.org/ Official website]
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Category:Environmental organizations established in 2009 Category:Environmental organizations based in California Category:Turtle conservation organizations Category:501(c)(3) organizations