Foreign poachers kill another 100 critically endangered turtles of the Philippines - Instablogs
Foreign poachers kill another 100 critically endangered turtles of the Philippines
Grace Calderon , Quezon City: Sep 29 2008
Made Popular Sep 29 2008
Philippines :
WWF condemns the blatant poaching of internationally-protected marine life and hopes that the Philippine government will finally have the resolve to dispense due justice against foreign poachers who disregard both local and international laws.
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Tags: Hawksbill turtle, endangered species, Malampaya, Environment
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Celso Camargo
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Celso Camargo desencanado.tk Sep 29 2008
Campinas, Brazil
This is so sad!
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Jaiyant Cavale
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Jaiyant Cavale Sep 29 2008
Bangalore, India
It really is! Poaching really seems to be a very big business these days. And the fact that the governments almost always do nothing shows why we must refrain from voting.
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Grace Calderon
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Grace Calderon Sep 30 2008
Quezon City, Philippines
The Philippines is so vulnerable to poaching and illegal fishing because it’s an archipelago of 7,017 islands. The country also has thousands and thousands of kilometers of coastline. We are also at the cross-transit points for marauders at sea since we lie between the South China and the Pacific Ocean.

It’s not that the Philippines lack pertinent laws. The Philippine Coast Guard and other maritime police cannot cope with implementing the laws.

The country, of course, thanks international NGOs such as WWF and Greenpeace.
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Oscar
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Oscar Sep 30 2008
Oaxaca, Mexico
We have this problem in Mexico as well..Some guys actually steal the eggs to eat them, as it was once rumored to make them testosterone machines...
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Grace Calderon
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Grace Calderon Sep 30 2008
Quezon City, Philippines
Over in Asia, the Chinese, in particular, make this a delectable exotic dish. And expensive, too!

The turtle shell also becomes expensive jewelry.
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Oscar
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Oscar Sep 30 2008
Oaxaca, Mexico
There is some jewlery made here, but most of the poaching is senseless death, just to kill, or occasionally to sell.
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Grace Calderon
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Grace Calderon Sep 30 2008
Quezon City, Philippines
Poaching is the ultimate in animal cruelty, if you ask me. For starters, it’s big scale!
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Duncan Mikae
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Duncan Mikae dunpresident.synthas.. Sep 30 2008
Bungoma, Kenya
This illegal killing of wildlife in general is bad for a county’s culture because some species are finished and the government should strife to save the game animals from extinction.

Tough measures should be put by the Philippine’s government to counter these poachers.
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Grace Calderon
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Grace Calderon Oct 1 2008
Quezon City, Philippines
The Philippines actually adheres to international environmental laws. The local implementation is what has been a challenge because of the thousands of kilometers of coastline that the Philippines has.

But more efforts are being pumped into law enforcement now.
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