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Sabine Schoppe who built a refuge for Palawan’s forest turtles has died

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Sabine Schoppe, a German-born biologist who moved to Palawan in 1995, organized the rescue of thousands of endangered Palawan forest turtles seized by Philippine officials in June 2015. She led a team of students and specialists to build emergency shelters and an emergency pond in a former crocodile enclosure, working around the clock to save the animals from export. The turtles, weighing thousands of pounds, suffered from ulcers and wounds before the rescue team arrived. The article notes that the turtles were first described in the 19th century but their specific habitat was unknown until this incident, and the specimens were destroyed during a 1945 bombing of Manila.

Key points

• Sabine Schoppe, a German biologist who arrived in the Philippines in 1995, organized the rescue of thousands of endangered Palawan forest turtles seized by Philippine officials in June 2015.
• Schoppe led a team of students and specialists to build emergency shelters and an emergency pond in a former crocodile enclosure, working around the clock to save the animals from export.

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The article provides limited context on the specific number of turtles rescued, the duration of the rescue operation, and the exact timeline of the 1945 bombing of Manila that destroyed the original specimens.

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