Blanding’s and eastern box turtles are listed as species of concern in New Hampshire, and musk turtles have the same status ...

In an undisclosed New Jersey location, there's a sanctuary for turtles intercepted in the process of being trafficked, and a ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles from Vermont to Canada. Eastern box ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles, a protected wildlife species, across a lake from ...

Border Patrol agents found the Eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks in Ng’s duffle bag, Fox News reported. Wan Yee Ng was caught as she was trying to make off with 29 Eastern box ...

They are also referred to as the northwestern pond turtle. Their population is in decline due to disease, habitat loss and ... may be more sensitive to human outdoor recreation than other species.

A resident of Hong Kong was caught while paddling across a lake from Vermont to Canada in an inflatable kayak with the Eastern box turtles in a duffle bag, according to court records. By Johnny ...

Rodrigues walks over to an outdoor pen filled with shrubs and plants. Inside are box turtles ... “important if a turtle is becoming extinct or there’s a problem in the habitat.

The agents searched her heavy duffle bag and found 29 live eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks, the affidavit states. Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black ...