Ethics of eating reptiles manger difficult to adhere

Phnom Penh: wholesale seafood shop big L & F Seafood on Route 95, which is selling all kinds of seafood from fish crabs until gecko. In the pool and marine fish tanks are curved swimming gleam, while dozens of turtles turtles floating head manger loem_.

Ring Wei (Wei Vat) teller explained that these are the types of freshwater turtles, which can be sold legally.

Most of his customers were Vietnamese and Khmer sometimes asked for other turtle species, especially turtle wax, Chinese medicine states that the rules may kidney tonic.

He said: 'No! Fisheries Administration inspection from 2 to 3 times a year, and they will seize all apart from pet turtles.

Turtle trafficking is illegal in the country, while 6 of 14 turtle species are facing extinction. The best option to accommodate the law is to be imported or bought from pet license. Lucrative business that began selling small restaurant in the province continue to go to the fish market in Hong Kong has made these reptiles manger higher price.

Wildlife Conservation Society, along with local authorities recently rescued 23 endangered turtles in Mondulkiri province.

Alexander (Alex Diment) facilitates senior technical officer at the organization, said: These turtles are likely to be sent to Vietnam because they were rescued at a distance of only a few kilometers from the border.

In turtle farms that have received licenses and the right to a number of rare breed animals illegally can be sold combined with animal feed. Then they are smuggled to sell in the markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mom Corps Mom (Tim McCormack) program coordination officer at the annual Asia Turtle Programme in Hanoi, said: 'They may be able to legitimate breeding turtles minimal number of rules, but not be able to supply market demand.

He goes on to say that the lack of space supply is addressed by illegal fishing.

He added: 'It was very difficult to implement these rules on farm animals because it is not marked on animals Each farm, unless you know the turtle race clear.

And so, he also expressed the view that: 'Do not eat all kinds of turtles or turtle. If there are people selling these animals can understand that all turtle species turtles can all eat.

Son Duong, president of Conservation International, said that although Asian turtle species on sale there are a considerable number of however, at least this type of seed is lost. Turtle conservation center in the Mekong River in Kratie province's Duong has a collaboration with rumors in order to rescue and release turtles, frogs, which concluded extinct until it was discovered in 2007.

Nao Tour director of the Fisheries Administration, said that the wild turtle could face penalties of up to 1 year and a fine of 5 million riel . However, he acknowledged that legislation to protect these animals very rarely be implemented.

Return to the seafood shop L & F Seafood Van goes on to say that he always tried to point out where customers when they order custom pet illegal animals.

He said: 'When the client comes to ask for, and I've been told that we only sell natural pet turtles.