Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking

Mongabay
Mar 15, 2018, 12:15 pm218 pts
BENI DEPARTMENT, Bolivia — The sound of hundreds of excited children drowns out the gentle hum of nature. Those closest to the shoreline hold in their hands, some for the first time, the tiny babies of a species of river turtles known locally as peta de río. On the morning of Dec. 9, 2017, the children,…

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