Award Honorees
Current Behler Honoree
The 21st Behler Turtle Conservation Award Winner
Sabine Schoppe
Dr. Sabine Schoppe is a German conservation biologist whose career spans more than three decades of wildlife research and conservation in the Philippines. After earning her Ph.D. in Biology from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, she moved to the Philippines in 1995, where she has since combined scientific research with practical conservation action. Her early work included ornithological…
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Previous Behler Award Honorees
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Arthur Georges
Australia
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Jeffrey E. Lovich
United States
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Kurt A. Buhlmann
United States
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Vivian P. Páez
Colombia
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Shailendra Singh
India
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Jim Juvik
United States
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Shi Haitao
China
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Russ Mittermeier
United States
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Peter Paul van Dijk
Netherlands / United States
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Eric Goode
United States
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Kalyar Platt
Myanmar
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Dick Vogt
United States / Brazil
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Rick Hudson
United States
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Anders Rhodin
Sweden / United States
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John Iverson
United States
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Bernard Devaux
France
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Gerald Kuchling
Austria / Australia
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Peter Pritchard
United Kingdom / United States
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Whit Gibbons
United States
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Ed Moll
United States
Pritchard Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
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Oscar Flores-Villela
2026
Mexico
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Sue Carstairs
2026
Canada
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Jim Harding
2026
United States
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Frank Slavens
2026
United States
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David E. Collins
2025
United States
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Terry E. Graham
2024
United States
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Elmar Meier
2023
Germany
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C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
2023
United States
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Robert T. Zappalorti
2022
United States
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Peter C.H. Pritchard
2016
United Kingdom / United States
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Justin D. Congdon
2017
United States
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Ian Swingland
2016
United Kingdom
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Bern W. Tryon
2010
United States
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Kristin H. Berry
2019
United States
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Hugh R. Quinn
2006
United States
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Bruce J. Weissgold
2018
United States
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Earl E. Possardt
2023
United States
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Ronald J. Brooks
2022
Canada
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Don Moll
2021
United States
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Elliott R. Jacobson
2024
United States
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Patricia A. Koval
2024
Canada
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Herilala J.A.R. Randriamahazo
2024
Madagascar
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Linda J. Cayot
2020
United States / Ecuador
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R. Bruce Bury
2023
United States
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Olga V. Castaño-Mora
2019
Colombia
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John Cann
2020
Australia
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A. Ross Kiester
2025
United States
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Tint Lwin
2025
Myanmar
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John L. Carr
2025
United States
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Bonnie Raphael
2021
United States
Posthumous Award Honorees
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Jim Buskirk
2026
United States
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Dawn Wilson
2026
United States
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Joseph C. Mitchell
2019
United States
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Walter Sachsse
2021
Germany
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Margaretha Hofmeyr
2020
South Africa
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Philip C. Rosen
2021
United States
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Chuck Schaffer
2021
United States
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Cecil R. Schwalbe
2022
United States
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Linda J. Allison
2022
United States
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Olga A. Leontyeva
2019
Russia
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Carl H. Ernst
2019
United States
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Henk Zwartepoorte
2017
Netherlands
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Hans-Dieter Philippen
2016
Germany
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Subramanian Bhupathy
2015
India
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Ray E. Ashton
2010
United States
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John B. Thorbjarnarson
2010
United States
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Roger Bour
2020
France
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Anton (Tony) Tucker
2025
United States / Australia
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Mehmet K. Atatür
2024
Türkiye (Turkey)
