Conservation efforts stabilise future of black softshell turtles in Assam

Published 08 Nov 2026, 20:31 IST

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Guwahati: Declared 'extinct in the wild’ in the early 2000s, the future of blacksoft turtle has been stabilised with conservationists releasing over 1,000 hatchlings in protected water bodies in the Brahmaputra river basin in Assam since 2021. The joint conservation efforts involving the state…

— Deccan Herald
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The conservation initiative involving WSAFI, Forest Department is helping revive the turtle species through controlled breeding, rearing and release programmes

— The Assam Tribune

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Guwahati: Declared 'extinct in the wild’ in the early 2000s, the future of blacksoft turtle has been stabilised with conservationists releasing over 1,000 hatchlings in protected water bodies in the Brahmaputra river basin in Assam since 2021. The joint conservation efforts involving the state…

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The Assam Tribune Center Assam Tribune Group 08 Nov 2026, 11:09 IST

240 critically endangered black softshell turtle hatchlings released in Biswanath

The conservation initiative involving WSAFI, Forest Department is helping revive the turtle species through controlled breeding, rearing and release programmes

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Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. Current article 08 Nov 2026, 20:31 IST

Conservation efforts stabilise future of black softshell turtles in Assam

Guwahati: Declared 'extinct in the wild’ in the early 2000s, the future of blacksoft turtle has been stabilised with conservationists releasing over 1,000 hatchlings in protected water bodies in the Brahmaputra river basin in Assam since 2021. The joint conservation efforts involving the state…

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