Some good news to share 🎉: Thanks to a Center petition — and more than 27,000 comments by supporters like you — Virginia has directed wildlife officials to research a requirement on regulations mandating “bycatch-reduction devices” on recreational crab pots to save diamondback terrapins from drowning. Diamondback terrapins are the only turtles that live exclusively in coastal estuaries and tragically, between 60,000 and 80,000 terrapins drown in crab traps each year. Bycatch-reduction devices are a simple, inexpensive solution. Although the state failed to require devices on ALL crab pots, this is a huge step forward because recreational pots are a significant, ongoing threat to terrapins. Your advocacy makes a difference. 💚🌍 [Video description: An informational video discussing the threats for diamondback terrapins drowning in crap pots. There is a solution presented to implement bycatch reduction devices, an inexpensive and simple way to prevent terrapin deaths in crab po...