Photos: ‘Shocking’ scale of illegal trade in Indian star tortoise uncovered

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By <a class="author-link"…Nov 16, 2015, 10:00 am92 pts
The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a little-known, but common, victim of illegal wildlife trade. In 2014, at least 55,000 wild tortoises were poached from just one “trade hub” in southern India, a recent study published in Nature Conservation has uncovered. “We were most shocked at the sheer…

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