First-of-its Kind Turtle Rehab Centre Comes up in Bihar

A first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles will be inaugurated in Bihar’s Bhagalpur forest division in January 2020. The rehab centre, spread over half a hectare, will be able to shelter 500 turtles at a time.

Key Features

• This center will play a significant role in treating severely injured, sick or dead, animals and their proper upkeep before being returned to their natural habitat.
• Earlier, rescued turtles used to be released into rivers without much treatment in the absence of any facility like the center.
• Previously, there was no track of rescued turtles released into rivers. But now, they will ....