More than 300 smuggled tortoises seized in Malaysia

Mongabay
May 17, 2017, 7:03 am110 pts
Malaysian customs officials have seized 330 tortoises that were smuggle into the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The tortoises, which included 325 threatened Indian star tortoises as well as five critically endangered Ploughshare tortoises, were all found to be alive, Abdul Wahid Sulong, deputy director of…

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