Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia

Restore depleted wild populations of freshwater #turtles through #research #conservation #awareness #education and #communityempowerment

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

Now let's talk about our freshwater #turtles and #tortoises.

Two out of 18 of our native turtles are listed in the Top 25 most critically #endangered turtles in the world. More details in this "Turtles in Trouble" report (PDF): https://t.co/fRzoaBpGN7

#WorldTurtleDay

[Beautiful Terengganu Malaysia @TrgTourism]

🎉FESTIVAL KENYIR GEOPARK 2025! 🎉

30 Okt – 1 Nov 2025
8.00 pagi – 11.00 malam
📍 Pulau Poh, Tasik Kenyir, Hulu Terengganu

🎟️ MASUK ADALAH PERCUMA!
Nikmati suasana Tasik Kenyir yang menakjubkan sambil sertai aktiviti air, sukan, hiburan, jualan produk tempatan dan banyak lagi!

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

Our Turtle Trips are popular among families because parents believe that our programmes are fun and education for the whole family ❤️🐢

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

Ini dia tuntung sungai.

Bukan penyu ye?
Penyu duduk di laut.
Tuntung adalah spesies air tawar.
Kura-kura pula duduk di darat.

Video menunjukkan pelepasan seekor tuntung sungai ke Sg. Kemaman 🐢

[Rahah Ghazali 🇲🇾❤️ @rahah_ghazali]

@TCSMsia Program untuk tahun 2025 🙏🏻❤️ di Kg. Pasir Gajah, Kemaman pada 4hb Oktober!

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

Program Pelepasan Tuntung tahunan akan diadakan pada hari Sabtu, 4hb Okt.

Kalau sesiapa ada di Kemaman ataupun Kuantan masa tu, jemput lah datang beramai-ramai 🐢

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Turtles are wildlife and they should be left in the wild. Do not keep them as pet, or for whatever reason. If you absolutely must keep them, ensure that you have the proper documentation/ license. Especially if they’re listed in the Malaysian Wildlife Conservation Act.

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

A new population of river terrapins have been discovered in the Kuantan River! They are now found in Kedah, Perak, Terengganu and Pahang 🐢

Thank you @staronline!

https://t.co/kI18jPYlAQ @pelf81

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Someone posted on LinkedIn that Harvard University is waiving tuition fees for families earning under $200,000 and the author asked, “What are we doing to help more kids compete for opportunities?”

1. At @TCSMsia, we don’t charge an internship training fee.

🧵

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

A restaurant assistant was fined RM5,000 for possessing an African spurred tortoise—a protected species—for feng shui purposes and without a license.

https://t.co/Ze3f1qVTlT

Hat tip to @Cshepherd7R!

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

After more than a decade, this is the second consecutive year where we managed to collect more than 1,500 eggs for incubation.

As the nesting season begins to slow down, we’re hoping to hit 2,000 eggs this year!

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

We surpassed last year’s record of 1,506 river terrapin eggs! 🎉

Massive congratulations to the dedicated Terrapin Guardians of @TCSMsia and also @PERHILITAN for their enforcement support!

📸 @minochii_

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

@rahah_ghazali @PERHILITAN Amin 🙏🏻

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

Alhamdulillah.. Projek konservasi tuntung sungai di Kemaman sekali lagi mencatat sejarah malam tadi.

2024: 1,506 butir telur
2025: 1,515 butir

Bilangan telur tuntung yang dikutip mencecah 1,500 butir dalam dua tahun yang berturut-turut, berkat dedikasi Geng Tuntung… 💪🏻

[Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia @TCSMsia]

If you’re a youth in Malaysia and do not volunteer your time/services, please tell us why? What can non-profits/civil societies do to attract the youths to contribute to nation-building? What’s lacking?

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Why aren’t youths volunteering much these days?

Share your experiences/thoughts in the comments to help us (non-profits) work out a win-win situation for everybody 💪🏻

@UKinMalaysia

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Why aren’t youths volunteering much these days?

Share your experiences/thoughts in the comments to help us (non-profits) work out a win-win situation for everybody 💪🏻

@UKinMalaysia

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

It appears that youths don’t volunteer much these days due to a lack of opportunities (outside of the GKV) and/or a high entry barrier (paid volunteering experience, transport, accommodation, meals).

But as a youth, do you agree? If not, what do you think are the reasons?

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Thank you @UKinMalaysia for the opportunity to participate in an insightful discussion on not only driving volunteerism among youths but also promoting community resilience through our collective impacts on the ground.

#CommonwealthDay

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

Siapa sangka projek tuntung yang saya mulakan pada tahun 2011 bukan sahaja membantu pemuliharaan tuntung tetapi juga membuka peluang kepada wanita di Kemaman untuk menjana pendapatan? 🐢

Baca kisah ini di @majoritionline

🔗 https://t.co/LsstJpzg6q

[Pelf Nyok @pelf81]

This year, the terrapin nesting season started a month later than it did last year. Possibly due to the delayed monsoon. They finally nested on Valentine’s Day and we’ve saved close to 1,000 eggs for conservation so far. Hope to exceed last year’s 1,506 eggs 🙏🏻