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Published 19 Tháng chín 2014
Thailand’s tortoise seizures significant but insufficient follow-up to quash illegal trade
Bangkok, Thailand, 19th September 2014—Tortoises and freshwater turtles may be slow movers, but they are being smuggled at lightning speed through Thailand, with close to 19,000 seized in six years. A new TRAFFIC report, Seizures of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles in Thailand 2008-2013, analyses 53 reported seizures of tortoises and freshwater turtles in Thailand, over half of which took place at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.
Seizures of tortoises and freshwater turtles in Thailand 2008–2013
Report author(s):
S.C.L. Chng
Publication date:
September 2014