Love is in the air at a NSW breeding facility for the critically endangered Manning River turtle, providing conservationists with fresh hope in their bid to save the species from extinction.
The Manning River turtle is only found in the wild in that river and its tributaries on the NSW Mid North Coast.
The species is in decline and an "insurance population" has been established at conservation organisation Aussie Ark's facility at the Australian Reptile Park on the NSW Central Coast.
