Turtle Conservancy

{{Short description|US-based nonprofit organization}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Turtle Conservancy

| logo = Turtle_Conservancy_Logo.png

| type = Nonprofit

| tax_id = 20-2899240

| status = 501(c)(3)

| purpose = Conservation and habitat preservation

| headquarters = Ojai, California

| abbreviation = TC

| founder = Eric Goode, Maurice Rodrigues

| leader_title = Board Chair

| leader_name = Anders Rhodin, M.D.

| leader_title2 = President & CEO

| leader_name2 = Eric Goode

| website = {{URL|https://www.turtleconservancy.org/}}

}}

The Turtle Conservancy (TC) is a conservation organization that aims to protect endangered turtles, tortoises, and their habitats worldwide.{{cite magazine |last=Finnegan |first=William |date=23 January 2012 |title=Slow and Steady |url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/23/120123fa_fact_finnegan |magazine=The New Yorker |pages=56–65}}

TC has supported projects in China,{{cite news|last=Knott|first=Kylie|title=Rare Turtles Sent To Hong Kong|url=http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1234653/rare-turtles-sent-hong-kong|access-date=May 13, 2013|newspaper=South China Morning Post}} Guyana, India, Mexico, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, South Africa, the Philippines, and the United States. It has also been involved in projects in Southeast Asia, where they investigated the illegal animal trade.{{cite news|last=Hance|first=Jeremy|title=Over|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/mar/25/tortoise-species-population-smugglers-bag|access-date=March 23, 2013|newspaper=The Guardian}}