they never give up

[Kells Bells]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-47437671

 

[Maro2Bear]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-47437671

At least they were found alive and rescued. Could have ended a lot worse.

 

[SULCY]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...apped-duct-tape-suitcases-Manila-airport.html

 

[Kells Bells]

At least they were found alive and rescued. Could have ended a lot worse.

Very true

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Not as long as there's a market for them.

 

[For Love of Everything Shell]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.s...-abandoned-luggage-at-manila-airport-11654916

How sad is this ?!!!

Omg those crazy little guys! Duck taped legs... how mean! You can see the one on the left ate some of the adhesive and maybe some of his tape to free himself!

People are a$$holes!

I hope they find good homes for them! (The torts, not the humans! The humans should be duck taped and thrown in a suitcase, below a plane... on the way from Alaska to Minnesota in .... January!) remove the problem makers!

 

[wellington]

Very sad. If they would start handing down really stiff penalties a lot of people would think twice about smuggling and abusing animals

 

[KatApril]

Its so sad thats A LOT of tortoises/turtles, not to mention the container lids are warped to the max and tapped because they are so jam packed into the containers, poor things. Only 1 year ......possibly 2 for that many abused animals? That makes me mad, thats not a real penalty to prevent this person from doing it again.

 

[Tortoisefanatic88]

Seen this on the news too [emoji35] I agree with the OP of what to do with the people that did this

 

[Tortoise MasterMan]

who wakes up and decides to start taping tortoises legs together and sell them after suffing them in suitcases?! These guy, I guess. Idiots

 

[Tom]

This is what happens when the government(s) allow people no legal means to do what they want to do. Sulcatas and red eared sliders aren't endangered. Why not allow people to get a license, do all the correct import/export paperwork, and safely and humanely move CB animals as they see fit?

 

[Yvonne G]

This is what happens when the government(s) allow people no legal means to do what they want to do. Sulcatas and red eared sliders aren't endangered. Why not allow people to get a license, do all the correct import/export paperwork, and safely and humanely move CB animals as they see fit?

I thought I read where sulcatas ARE a limited resource in Africa???

 

[Tom]

I thought I read where sulcatas ARE a limited resource in Africa???

Yes in Africa, but these were captive bred in Hong Kong and being carried into the Philippines.