Conservancy provides refuge for endangered turtle, tortoise species

摘要

The Behler Chelonian Center (BCC) is the Turtle Conservancy's captive breeding and man-agement facility in Southern California, and it keeps some of the world's most endangered species of turtles and tortoises on site. Many of the world's leading authorities of chelonian species have spent time on the campus—researchers, ecologists, evenfilmmakers. Students from the United States and abroad are funded by the Turtle Conservancy to allow them to spend time at the center and participate in ex situ turtle and tortoise conservation. All come to the center for one reason: the conservation ofsome of the most endangered chelonian species on the planet.