# Turtle Conservancy

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{{Short description|US-based nonprofit organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Turtle Conservancy
| logo                     = Turtle_Conservancy_Logo.png
| type                     = [Nonprofit](/source/Nonprofit_organization)
| tax_id                   = 20-2899240
| status                   = [501(c)(3)](/source/501(c)(3))
| purpose                  = Conservation and habitat preservation
| headquarters             = [Ojai, California](/source/Ojai%2C_California)
| abbreviation             = TC
| founder                  = [Eric Goode](/source/Eric_Goode), Maurice Rodrigues
| leader_title             = Board Chair
| leader_name              = Anders Rhodin, M.D.
| leader_title2            = President & CEO
| leader_name2             = [Eric Goode](/source/Eric_Goode)
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.turtleconservancy.org/}}
}}

The '''Turtle Conservancy''' ('''TC''') is a conservation organization that aims to protect endangered [turtle](/source/turtle)s, [tortoise](/source/tortoise)s, and their [habitat](/source/habitat)s 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](/source/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](/source/Guyana), [India](/source/India), [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), the [Philippines](/source/Philippines), and the [United States](/source/United_States). It has also been involved in projects in [Southeast Asia](/source/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](/source/habitat) protection, restoration, and stewardship, animal reintroduction, and a fieldwork grant program. It works within five main domains: [species conservation](/source/Wildlife_conservation), protection of wild lands, research science, global awareness and education, and [illegal trade](/source/Black_market) prevention.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==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

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