An appeals court in Tulear, southwest Madagascar, also fined the defendants 100 million ariary (23,800 euros, $26,500) and ordered them to pay 100 million ariary to the environment ministry.
Judges ordered the three -- two men and a woman -- to remain in detention, the WWF said.
They were arrested in April 2018 in a house in possession of 10,072 so-called radiated tortoises, which the WWF said represented a "record" seizure.
From lemurs to rosewood, Madagascar's natural resources are often targeted by poachers who are rarely punished by authorities on the impoverished Indian Ocean island.
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