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Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia News & Blogs
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Virtual Run For River Terrapin 2019!
20th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Introducing the first community-concept virtual run in Malaysia!
Run for River Terrapin aims to spread awareness on our critically endangered river terrapin as well as raising funds to support more conservation work.
Sign up individually or in a team of 10 and complete a minimum goal of 50km (cumulative distance), within August 2019, and receive a custom designed T-shirt, terrapin-shaped finishing medal and an e-cert. Free postage (within Malaysia)!
Registration period: 1 - 31st July 2019
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Meet The Ladies Of 'Batu Seremban' Team. These Won..
18th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Meet the ladies of 'Batu Seremban' team!
These wonderful ladies of Kg. Pasir Gajah hand sewed those individual stones. That takes intense dedication and focus! They are also part of our community empowerment project and we are glad to receive good feedback from them.
'Batu Seremban' or Five Stones is a traditional game young girls used to play back then. It helps in hand-eye coordination. It's time for it to make a comeback and put aside those modern gadgets! Do you agree, parents? :)
Let's...
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Good Evening Everyone. Yesterday, We Had Another S..
17th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Good evening everyone!!🤗
Yesterday, we had another successful awareness program with over 460 students of SMK Kompleks Gong Badak. We were very grateful to get this opportunity to talk about our terrapin conservation project and get people to know more about our works in TCS.
We shared with the students and teachers about our community-based terrapin conservation projects that is based in Kg. Pasir Gajah, Kemaman. Apart from that, we introduced them 4 types of turtles that exist in Malaysia ...
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Introducing, Azlina Zakariah Also Known As Kak Na...
16th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Introducing, Azlina Zakariah! Also known as Kak Na.
She is one of the local women of Kg. Pasir Gajah. Prior to our introduction, Kak Na was a full-time housewife. She sometimes makes donuts, upon request. After initiating our project with the local women, Kak Na now, consistently, hand made drawstring bags from our authentic terrapin-motif batik! We also ordered light refreshments for our guest from Kak Na and she delivers it to our center at Kg. Pasir Gajah. Most of our guest loves her big flu...
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This Is What The Finisher Medal For Our Runforrive..
16th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
This is what the finisher medal for our #RunforRiverTerrapin #virtual run looks like. We wanted the medal to resemble the shell of a river terrapin. We're also pretty certain this is the first run for any turtle species in Malaysia :)
To join our virtual run/ walk/ slow-walk:
1) Download BiiB+ app (getbiib.com), register an account, open the app
2) Go to EVENTS > ONGOING > Run for River Terrapin 2019
3) Click SIGN ME UP
4) On the next page, click the blue button JOIN AS TEAM
5) Create a team (...
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Pendaftaran Untuk "Run For River Terrapin" Telah B..
14th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Pendaftaran untuk "Run for River Terrapin" telah bermula, dan akan berakhir pada 31hb Julai 2019.
Untuk mengambil bahagian dalam larian maya (virtual run) ini, senang je:
1) Download app BiiB+ di Google App Store atau Apple Store
2) Register akaun sendiri
3) Create team baru, atau join team kawan
4) Masukkan nama, alamat, pilih saiz T-shirt
5) Bayar RM48
Itu sahaja. Paling best, boleh berlari dalam kumpulan tidak melebihi 10 orang, tak perlu risau kena habiskan 50 km seorang :)
Jika ada pert...
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Good Evening Everyone. On 9th July 2019, Tcs Had C..
11th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Good evening everyone!!
On 9th July 2019, TCS had conducted Turtle Awareness Camp for the third time with SK Seri Bandi 2 at Kemaman Sands. 41 students escorted by 5 teachers took part in this educational program.
We gave a talk about terrapin, tortoise and the 4 species of sea turtles in Malaysia. We highlighted the importance of turtle conservation to save our turtles that are threatened to extinction by human activities and unsustainable use of resources. In fact, the greatest threat for our...
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Hey Guys. Yesterday, We Held Another Successful Aw..
11th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Hey guys👋🏻👋🏻
Yesterday, we held another successful awareness programme with students and teachers from SMK Sultan Sulaiman. We aim to expose the students and teachers to wildlife and conservation issues.
We talked and shared about our work in conserving terrapin and other conservation projects that is based in Kg. Pasir Gajah, Kemaman. We also introduced Eco- brick as a one way to reduce the plastic waste. Noor Azariyah Mokhtar, representative from WWF of Setiu also shared with ...
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Yesterday We Went To Smk Sultan Sulaiman For Turtl..
11th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Yesterday we went to SMK Sultan Sulaiman for turtle awareness program. We aim to spread wildlife conservation and its challenges to as many ‘future leaders’ as possible because through education one can really make a difference.
A million thanks to SMK Sultan Sulaiman for helping us organised the program. Not forgetting to all organisations that had helped make the program a success; @perhilitan_malaysia @seatru_umt @dofmalaysia @wwfmy, Team Selamatkan Tenggiling Kita and LAPDiM.
Let’s ...
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Did You Hear That We're Organising Our First Virtu..
9th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Did you hear that we're organising our first virtual "Run for River Terrapins?" River terrapin populations are fast declining due to consumption of their eggs, habitat alteration and destruction, use of fishing gears and pollution. This run is hoped to spread terrapin conservation awareness as well as raise some funds for the critically endangered terrapins.
To participate in this run, follow these instructions:
1) Download BiiB+ app, register an account, open the app
2) Go to EVENTS > ONGOING...
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Red-Eared Slider Invasive Sp. Red-Eard Sliders Are..
8th Jul 2019, by Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
Red-Eared Slider (invasive sp.)
Red-eard sliders are a very popular aquatic pets. They’re easily found in pet shops and are usually sold at a very low price. While they may seem cute because of their small size, these turtles are highly invasive!
They’re listed as one of the worlds top 100 worst invasive species. They compete aggressively with our native turtle species for food and other resources. Most of the Red-eared sliders are hybrids, which means they’re more aggressive (with long...
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