South Africa

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

At the end of January, a contingent of TC staff and partners traveled to South Africa to reconnect with our Southern Africa Tortoise Conservation Trust (SATCT) staff and partners. After 3 years of zoom, this was the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that US-based conservationists were able to visit our Geometric Tortoise preserve. In addition to having our first in-person SATCT Trustee meeting since 2019, we held meetings with CapeNature, the environmental conservation government agency for the Western Cape. We also consulted and engaged with NGO colleagues and local scientists on future management plans and actions, and visited the tortoise headstarting facility at Elandsberg Nature Reserve (managed by our partners, the Mapula Trust)…

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South Africa Update

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South Africa Update

In March we announced something big—an additional parcel added to our Geometric Tortoise preserve in South Africa. As fall begins in South Africa we have hit the ground running to protect tortoises on this new 217-acre property. This week we will begin to conduct surveys for Geometric Tortoises in this new area in addition to the mark-recapture population monitoring that will continue throughout the preserve...

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South Africa Land Purchase

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South Africa Land Purchase

With a purchase agreement underway, the Turtle Conservancy has secured the last adjacent parcel of suitable habitat for the survival of the Geometric Tortoise — expanding our preserve by 22%...

Updates from Mexico and South Africa

Updates from Mexico and South Africa

As seasonal rains have renewed the lush habitat at our Bolson Tortoise Reserve in Northern Mexico and our Geometric Tortoise Preserve in Western Cape South Africa, infrastructural improvements are ongoing to combat unique risks these rare and vulnerable tortoise populations face.


Prof. Margaretha Hofmeyr

Prof. Margaretha Hofmeyr

The entire Turtle Conservancy family expresses our deep loss at the passing of Margaretha Hofmeyr. She was a giant in African herpetology, and has been a treasured colleague over the past decade as we worked closely together on the joint Southern Africa Tortoise Conservation Trust (SATCT) / TC and CapeNature effort to implement a sustainable Geometric Tortoise Reserve in the Breede River Valley of the Western Cape…

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

The Turtle Conservancy is excited to report the addition of 57.5 acres of land to our 800-acre Geometric Tortoise Preserve in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The parcel was purchased with a substantial grant from the Rainforest Trust and will double the amount of critical habitat protected at the southern portion of the reserve. The Turtle Conservancy’s Geometric Tortoise Preserve contains more than 80% of the remaining Geometric Tortoises on the planet…

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

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Geometric Tortoise Preserve Update

The Turtle Conservancy’s Geometric Tortoise Preserve near Cape Town just got ten new residents! In a recent joint effort between our preserve, CapeNature and an adjoining farm owner we were able to rescue ten geometric tortoises from unsuitable habitat associated with a new 25 acres farm reservoir development…

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