Rare hawksbill turtle sold for meat                       

Source: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn                                                                             
Date: 23 Sep 2009

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SOC230909

BINH THUAN — Inspectors in southern Binh Thuan Province found a 35-year-old hawksbill turtle (Ertemochelys imbricata ) being slaughtered for sale in Cau Ke Market last Friday.

The turtle, which weighed about 100 kilograms, is of one of seven sea turtle species listed as endangered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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