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Stunning Transformation of Wounded Pet Turtle Kept on Kitchen Floor for 50 Years Is Melting Hearts
For box turtle Rockalina, her life for the past half century has been a difficult one. She was kept alone on the floor of a ...
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Red-eared slider turtles
Red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) are native to North America. Pet turtles that escape or are released into the wild in Aotearoa New Zealand are considered an invasive species.
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Hong Kong turtle smuggler gets 2.5 years
Chinese national Sai Keung Tin received a 30-month prison sentence for smuggling thousands of protected eastern box turtles ...
Chinese national sentenced to prison for smuggling turtles from US to Hong Kong
Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department ...
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He helped smuggle ‘status symbol’ turtles to China. He got nearly three years in prison
The eastern box turtles, known for the vivid yellow-orange ... “These were supposed to be, by and large, family pets,” Harris told the judge on Friday. “[Tin] is done with turtle trafficking ...