Over 3400 protected baby turtles rescued from illegal trade in Mexico
Mexican authorities have rescued over 3400 protected baby turtles from wildlife smugglers.
During an inspection in the state of Chiapas, the animals were discovered in overcrowded crates, and the driver was arrested for illegal wildlife trafficking.
The juvenile animals belong to the Mesoamerican turtle species, which is protected in Mexico and other countries.
They were transported without the required documents, in violation of environmental laws.
The turtles are now in a specialised facility that will decide whether they can be released back into the wild.
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
