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Back in Mangkok after the CNY break

Fong and I got back to our base in Mangkok last night (20th February), after our long CNY break. The first thing I did upon arrival was rush to our box of terrapin eggs. I was devastated by what I saw.
Albino softshell turtle

A report on a rare find of an albino softshell turtle that was published in My Sinchew.
More on our activities

Since our absence from our base from 10 February, we have procurred two more clutches of eggs for incubation. Malek and Ropi, our two very dependable village friends and assistants have helped us make the purchase and incubate them.
We got our first clutch of eggs last night

After establishing our base in Kampong Mangkok for more than 11 days, we finally procured our first clutch of river terrapin eggs for incubation.
TCC @ Mangkok

We are pleased to announce that we have acquired a small wooden building in Kampung Mangkuk, Setiu to use as our base near the river terrapin nesting site in the Setiu River.
Turtles in trouble

For turtle conservationist Dr Chan Eng Heng, the Integrated Shrimp Aquaculture Park (i-SHARP) is bad news for the survival of two critically endangered terrapins.

Welcome to Turtle Conservation Centre

We hope to make this website a one-stop centre for everything you wish to know about Malaysian freshwater, terrestrial and marine turtles. Enjoy browsing through our pages!

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Call to better protect Malaysia's turtles.
Broadcast by Aljazeera on 23rd October 2007.

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Asides

  • We have recently started a new TCC Fan Page because we would like to reach out to a wider audience in a more effective way, and we realized that a fan page would be a better "tool" than a group. We will be posting more updates of our activities and events on the TCC Fan Page, so please take a minute to join us, OK?
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  • We at TCC would like to wish all our Chinese friends and supporters a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!  May it be a roaring good year for the turtles too!
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  • We now have a base in Kampung Mangkok where the river terrapin recovery project is being carried out.  I will write more when we are settled.  There are just too many things to see to right now.
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  • Happy New Year to you and your loved ones, from the turtle-hugging TCC staff! As we step into the New Year with new aspirations and new goals, we strive to make this an exceptionally-amazing year for the turtles, and we hope that you will be with us throughout the journey :)
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  • Please note that we have removed the chatbox, but we welcome continued discussion in our facebook page.  Please feel free to generate topics of interest. Thanks!
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