Researcher Doris Preininger at the reintroduction of the Northern river terrapin in Bangladesh, poses in undated photo. The Vienna Zoo in Austria began the conservation project for the northern river terrapin in 2010. Note: Licensed content. (Rupert Kainradl/Newsflash)
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21 October 2022
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The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the world. Officials from the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria initiated the project to rescue the northern river...