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20.9.09

Malayan Box Turtle Becoming Extinct

The Malayan Box Turtle is disappearing across Malaysia despite a ban on its export, finds a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. The turtles are in high demand in East Asia for their meat and for use in traditional Chinese medicine.

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1 comment:

  1. wah, batu is very highly sought after. maybe it somehow escaped from pasar malam trader preparing guilingao? :)

    anyway, i think batu must be very happy @ his new home... got water feature (i have to drop by and see this), kangkung, etc... :)

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