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	Reptile smuggler pleads guilty to multiple felony charges 12/14/2000
	ACTION ALERT! FORT IRWIN EXPANSION RIDER 10/25/2000
	US Senate ratifies inter-American convention for the protection and conservation of sea turtles 9/21/2000
	Environmental and tortoise groups urge Senator Feinstein to oppose Fort Irwin expansion legislation 9/21/2000
	USDA relaxes ban on interstate transport of leopard, sulcata and bell's hingeback tortoises 7/21/2000
	US bans import of leopard, sulcata and bell's hingeback tortoises to prevent tick infestation 3/21/2000
	ACTION ALERT: Help Save Desert Tortoise Critical Habitat 10/19/1999
	Senator Feinstein Urges President Clinton to Save Superior Valley 9/1/99
	NEWS WATCH! Visit the NTC/Fort Irwin Proposed Expansion Information Page
	The Desert Tortoise Needs Your Help! 3/31/99
	Wildlands Conservancy Boosts California Desert Conservation 1/20/99
	Honduras and Mexico sign Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles 12/30/98
	Seychelles's Torches Turtle Shell Stockpile at Miss World 1998 Contest 11/23/98
	Latest highlights from X'cacel 11/11/98
	US Indicts Tortoise and Iguana Smugglers 11/4/98
	Greenpeace Files Lawsuit to Protect X'cacel 10/26/98
	Charles Darwin Foundation Appeals for Funds To Move Tortoises from Volcano 10/24/98
	WTO Rules Against US in Turtle Safe Shrimp Appeal 10/11/98
	Update on the Cerro Azul Eruption and Galapagos Tortoise Evacuation 10/06/98
	Japanese Authorities Arrest Turtle Shell (Bekka) Smugglers 10/3/98
	Cerro Azul Eruption Continues to Threaten Galapagos Tortoises 9/30/98
	Arrests Made in USFWS Probe of International Reptile Trade 9/15/98, 11/15/98

	USFWS Withdraws Proposed Rule on Humane and Healthful Transport of Live Reptiles and Amphibians 8/26/98
	U.S. Reptile Dealer Faces Smuggling and Conspiracy Charges 8/7/98
	San Francisco Superior Court Judge Set To Reject Injunction on Sale of Live Food Animals 7/22/98
	Protests Planned Against X'cacel Beach Development 7/22/98
	US Appeals WTO Ruling On Import of Turtle Safe Shrimp 7/13/98
	CTTC Opposes California Assembly Bill 409 7/12/98
	Greenpeace Denounces X'cacel Hotel Development 6/22/98
	NMFS Announces Publication of U.S. Pacific Sea Turtle Recovery Plans 6/6/98
	President Clinton Seeks Senate Ratification of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles 5/26/98
	Update on Proposed Hotel Development at Xcacel, Mexico -- Major Atlantic Sea Turtle Nesting Beach may be lost 5/8/98
	Florida Legislature Passes Resolution Recognizing the Threat That Fibropapillomatosis Poses to Sea Turtle Survival 5/8/98
	National Marine Fisheries Service To Gather Information On Possible Nighttime Closures Of Shrimp Fishing In the Atlantic Ocean 4/30/98
	World Trade Organization Issues Final Ruling Against U.S. Ban On Import of Turtle-Unsafe Shrimp 4/6/98
	California Fish & Game Commission Says No to Ban on Import of Live Turtles for Food 4/3/98
	California Fish & Game Commission to Vote on Ban on Import of Live Turtles for Food 3/28/98
	World Trade Organization Rules Against Sea Turtle Conservation 3/14/98
	Florida Beaches, Sea Turtles Win Decisive Victory In Court 3/12/98
	Mexican Hotel Development Threatens Major Atlantic Sea Turtle Nesting Beach 2/26/98
	Ward Valley - BLM Backs Off On Evicting Protesters 2/19/98
	Ward Valley Protest Reaches New Crisis Stage 2/16/98
	Convicted Turtle Smuggler Loses lmport-Export License 2/3/98
	Action Alert -- Sea Turtle Deaths in Orissa, India 1/28/98
	Conservation Groups Oppose Forage Improvement Act 1/25/98
	Chrysler-Jeep Television Ad Detrimental to the Desert Tortoise 1/23/98
	USFWS Proposed Rule on Humane and Healthful Transport of Live Reptiles and Amphibians 1/14/98

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