Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
To preserve some of the world's most endangered turtles, Nordens Ark built The Turtle Ark - a unique breeding centre that has been built to give some of the world's most vulnerable species refuge and give them a chance to reproduce for future releases.
One of the world's most endangered groups of animals, which have existed on earth for over 200 million years, are turtles.
It is human progress that has caused the turtles to decline. Forests and streams are vacuumed in search of turtles to sell as pets or as delicacies. Their habitats disappear when forests are cut down, wetlands ditched and rivers dammed.
The situation is most acute in Asia, where all of the nearly 100 turtle species are endangered. Of species that were once numerous in lakes and river systems, today only a few hundred individuals exist, sometimes as few as a few dozen.
To preserve some of the world's most endangered turtles, Nordens Ark built The Turtle Ark - a unique breeding centre that has been built to give some of the world's most vulnerable species refuge and give them a chance to reproduce for future releases.
One of the world's most endangered groups of animals, which have existed on earth for over 200 million years, are turtles.
It is human progress that has caused the turtles to decline. Forests and streams are vacuumed in search of turtles to sell as pets or as delicacies. Their habitats disappear when forests are cut down, wetlands ditched and rivers dammed.
The situation is most acute in Asia, where all of the nearly 100 turtle species are endangered. Of species that were once numerous in lakes and river systems, today only a few hundred individuals exist, sometimes as few as a few dozen.
