Chip Saves Turtle from Stew
An extremely rare "royal" turtle released two years ago in the Sre Ambel River ago by Cambodia's Fisheries Department has narrowly escaped a one-way trip to a Chinese cooking pot.
A tiny microchip implanted in the skin for the 33-pound (15 kg) turtle was the tip-off - helping to draw wildlife inspectors to a smuggler's crate of confiscated animals in Vietnam.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) rediscovered the rare species only four years ago in Cambodia. Link
A tiny microchip implanted in the skin for the 33-pound (15 kg) turtle was the tip-off - helping to draw wildlife inspectors to a smuggler's crate of confiscated animals in Vietnam.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) rediscovered the rare species only four years ago in Cambodia. Link
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