Turtles Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of Illegal Trade

Marine turtles in the Carribean region continue to be exploited at an alarming rate through the trade - both legal and illegal - of their shells, meat and eggs, according to a new report. The report, Turning the tide, by TRAFFIC - the wildlife trade monitoring programme of WWF and IUCN, The World Conservation Union - also revealed that marine turtles remain without adequate protection in more than half of the 26 countries and territories surveyed in the Lesser Antilles, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela...