Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation have an important message for amateur artists across the state: You can paint your house, a canvas, or even your own fingernails, but don’t paint the shells of ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission put out a warning on its Facebook page on Wednesday, urging people to never paint the shells of turtles and gopher tortoises, as doing so is ...

[Painting the shells of turtles and tortoises could give them respiratory problems, Florida wildlife officials say. Photo: MyFWC/facebook] Florida wildlife officials are urging tourists and locals to ...

BARGARH: Two youths, who painted an image of Lord Jagannath on a turtle’s shell, were arrested by the Forest department on Tuesday on charges of violating the Wildlife Act. Both are from Bijepur.

Two turtles with what appear to be swastikas painted on their shells were seen in a park in Washington state. Police in Renton learned that the turtles “had some markings painted on their shells,” ...

‘If you want to paint something, paint a rock,’ Florida officials implore after shells of a threatened tortoise species were found daubed with paint Wildlife officials in Florida have urged people to ...