Turtles for sale in an open air market near Oudong, Cambodia (December, 2006)
“At open-air markets and restaurants in Asian communities here and abroad, millions of turtles are being butchered for food and their alleged “medicinal qualities,” and conservationists note that this rapacious craving has already wiped out some wild turtle populations in China, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The international turtle trade is big business, and it’s conducted with little concern for the continuation of species.”
Eating Turtles to Extinction (via The Progressive Puppy)
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