San Jose, July 26 (IANS/EFE) Police rescued a leatherback sea turtle from the vehicle of poachers who planned to sell the animal for its meat, Costa Rica's security ministry said. The leatherback is an Endangered species and the sale of its flesh or eggs is banned in Costa Rica, but on the black market both sell for very high prices. The turtle was being transported Wednesday night in the trunk of a car in Matama, a town in the Caribbean province of Limon, the Security Ministry said in a statement Friday
07-26-2014, 08:54 PM
Endangered sea turtle rescued from poachers in Costa Rica
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