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World Turtle Day 2026 - May 23
May 27 , 2026
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- The day aims to raise awareness about turtle and tortoise conservation.
- Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins belong to the order Testudines, and more than half of the world’s 359 species face extinction.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed 68 turtle and tortoise species as Critically Endangered.
- The Burmese roofed turtle is one of the world’s most endangered turtles, with only about 10 mature individuals left in the wild.
- Green turtles were moved from the endangered category to “Least Concern” after their population increased by around 28% since the 1970s.
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