He suggested that I work on Euphrates softshell turtle since no definitive studies or conservation work had been done until then in Iran. Papenfuss came from Berkeley University of California to Iran to work on reptiles of the Middle East. Q: Why did Euphrates softshell turtle first spark your interest?ДЄ: The answer to this question goes back to 2001, when I was looking for a topic for my BSc. Her works refers directly to the Euphrates softshell turtle status and conservation in Iran.

She contributed to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) /the Species Survival Commission (SSC) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle specialist group on a Compilation Project of Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. Hanyeh Ghaffari from University of Kurdestan in Sanandaj, Kurdestan province, who has been working more than 15 years on Euphrates softshell turtle Rafetus euphraticusas an endangered species of Iran in particular. The Tehran Times had an interview with Dr. Starting with the increasing pace of wildlife interest in Iran and publishing a raft of surveys in scientific journals, we understand some grim issues are raising in our country too. There is only one word for this parade of shattered biodiversity shrinking: grim. We all know extinction is a natural process but as WWF illustrated the rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.

World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) said if there are 100,000,000 different species on Earth and the extinction rate is just 0.01% per year, at least 10,000 species go extinct every year. A similar situation goes onto the field of biodiversity too. Why is this scandalous? LetвЂ™s have an example, if economists only know 13% of the economic situation in the world, what would happen? It is quite symptomatic of greater issues, many countries would be outraged. About 1.7 million of these have been described by taxonomists which constitutes to only 13% of the whole species. The researchers estimated that there exist possibly between five million to one trillion species out there. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website ).Counting how many species live on Earth is a difficult challenge. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on 09:19 PM IST. Yangtze giant softshell turtle is the most critically endangered turtle in the world. While the female turtles laid eggs, they were infertile.В Rafetus swinhoei is listed at the top of the IUCNвЂ™s Red List of Threatened Species, as critically endangered. The female turtle was brought to Suzhou Zoo from Changsha Ecological Zoo in 2008 to be paired with the male as part of a captive breeding programВ to recover the species. Britain's Oldest Goldfish George Dies at 44. In 2015, scientists from the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), San Diego Zoo Global, and Wildlife Conservation SocietyвЂ™s (WCS) Bronx Zoo, had attempted artificial insemination to breed the rare turtle, but couldn't succeed. The turtle's ovarian tissue was collected for future research purposes. The zoo authorities will be conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of the animal's death. Г€ morta in Cina una delle quattro tartarughe dal guscio molle rimaste in vita: Una delle tartarughe piГ№ rare al mondo, una tartaruga gigante dal guscio molle dello Yangtze (Rafetus swinhoei, ж–‘ й±‰), ГЁ morta in Cina, lasciandone solo tre rimanenti inвЂ¦ /Ct9kfaNQuC The zoo had unsuccessfully tried the pair to mate multiple times in the past.

#WWF I am sorry to tell you, yesterday, the last female Rafetus swinhoei was dead in Suchow Zoo, China.

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