Turtle Survival Alliance
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I do not. I would love to, but this always happens! 
I'm a member. I got a pair of YF tortoise from them a few years ago under their adoption/breeding program. Sadly, both of them eventually died.
I would like to know more about them - I looked at their financials for the last year they posted (2012), and they give me pause.
I'm too impatient to study the IRS form closely, but just at a glance it looks like they've got a lot of $$ coming in and not too many tortoise-related things going on. ???
I belong to TSA. I will say they have been nice to me, they let me speak at one of their yearly meetings and I have several tortoises from their program. If I had to make a complaint at all, it's that they don't have a lot the "common" person like I can do. If you lived near the area they are doing their building in, you could help with that. Otherwise not too much I can do and I hate belonging to something and not being active in it.
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This is the first I've ever heard of it.
Most of the work they do is actually over seas at the starting point of each of the turtles/tortoises. They work to get the local folks educated about the chelonians, so they will not think of them as only food or an item to be sold, but rather a treasure. They also set up areas to be breeding the animals right in their native ranges with the plan to release them back to the wild (once more using natives to reinforce the importance of these animals).
Correct. For instance my group of three Erosa belong to them. When ever I finally get those darn eggs to actually become hatchlings, I get one, TSA gets the next one and so on. The main principle is this way these animals are spread out and in more then one location. For instance if a fire comes along, one group (location) may died, but the others housed in other locations will survive.
Turtlepete
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I love the TSA. I volunteered for them at the TSC and would do it many more times, and probably will when I get the chance. If you think their income is sketchy, keep in mind how much of the work the TSA does happens in-situ, overseas and out of the eye of what we often see. Plus, they are one of the conservation organizations that involves its members enough to send out animals to them for reproduction. They are very open to getting involved with, I just think it requires you earn their trust and establish yourself as a caring, conservation-oriented hobbyists.
I belong to TSA. I joined this year after years of thinking about it. I'm glad I did.
I'm an VERY happy member of the TSA, and have been for years.
when I'm older i hope i can join the TSA and they can give me lots of tortoises
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when I'm older i hope i can join the TSA and they can give me lots of tortoises
They do have a junior membership
can you explain it to me
I would also like to learn more
To be honest, I don't know the details of it. I would suggest going to their site and reading what they say. If you had further questions HEather has always been great about answering any I have had.
