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5,200 red-eared slider turtle hatchlings seized at Chennai airport
CHENNAI: Customs sleuths seized 5,200 turtle hatchlings from two passengers ... reached the airport and identified the species as red-eared slider turtles. All 5,200 turtles were found alive ...
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Japan to ban release, import of red-eared turtles, swamp crayfish
Pet owners who have a red swamp crayfish or red-eared slider turtle can breathe a sigh of relief, as they can continue keeping them under a proposed change to the law on invasive species.
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Malaysia seizes thousands of smuggled turtles at airport
Malaysian authorities have seized more than 5,000 baby turtles discovered in luggage at Kuala Lumpur airport. Two Indian men were arrested after the 5,255 red-eared sliders - a semi-aquatic ...
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Hong Kong animal concern groups beg people to stop the ‘mercy release’ of turtles
The red-eared slider turtles were released into the wild through a practice known as “mercy release” - a concept rooted in a Buddhist belief that freeing animals brings good fortune.