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Excavating the terrapin nests in Kampung Mangkok

Last week, Fong and I went to Setiu to excavate all the river terrapin nests that were still undergoing incubation.

Recent Blog Posts

Today is World Turtle Day
May 23, 2009

Today, 23rd May is World Turtle Day (WTD) and we at the Turtle Research and Rehabilitation Group (TRRG) have many reasons to shell-e-brate!

Educational Posters
April 22, 2009

You can now view all the billboard-sized posters in Chagar Hutang right here, on our website!

Signature campaign in Long Beach
April 21, 2009

Our turtle volunteers are now spreading our "Say NO to turtle eggs campaign" to Long Beach in Redang Island in a big way.

International Fun Event
April 16, 2009

Participate in this international fun event and learn more about our endangered sea turtles!

Our volunteer program starts anew!
April 8, 2009

April 4th saw me and Pelf meeting our first batch of weekly turtle volunteers at the Shahbandar Jetty in KT.

River Terrapin Updates
March 13, 2009

We have managed to procure only 12 nests through Lina at Kampong Mangkok and an additional three at Kampong Banggol, with Ropi helping us.

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“Say NO to Turtle Eggs” campaign extended
April 11, 2009

We have decided to extend this campaign one more year as our target to collect a million signatures have not been met. So far only about 10,000 signatures have been collected.

Our “Say NO to turtle eggs” petition is now online
October 12, 2008

If you have already signed the pledge NOT to eat turtle eggs for the rest of your life, we would like you to sign the petition again, because we have also included an appeal to the Malaysian Department of Fisheries and the Terengganu State Government to ban the collection, sale and consumption of turtle eggs.

Volunteers’ Blog
July 16, 2008

This page has been created for you to share your thoughts and feelings about the Volunteer Programme. Do pen us a few lines. Your participation here will be greatly appreciated.

Make a personal commitment to help save turtles
June 9, 2008

Our target is to commit at least one million Malaysians to take a personal life-long pledge to NOT eat turtle or terrapin eggs.

Little Princess, the amazing hawksbill that nests in Chagar Hutang
May 5, 2008

This is the story of Little Princess, the amazing hawksbill that was first tagged by us when we started the tagging program in 1993.

Satelite Tracking
March 3, 2008

Four accounts of satellite-tracking the long distance migration of sea turtles in Malaysia.