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dc.coverage.spatialPalawanen
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T05:40:33Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T05:40:33Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-26
dc.identifier.citationChinese smuggling endangers rare Philippine turtles. (2015, October 28). The Daily Guardian, p. 7.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/3340
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDaily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc.en
dc.subjectrare speciesen
dc.subjectanimal welfareen
dc.subjectfreshwater turtlesen
dc.titleChinese smuggling endangers rare Philippine turtlesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Daily Guardianen
dc.citation.spage7en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberDG20151026_7en
local.seafdecaqd.extractChinese demand for forest turtles is threatening an endangered species found only on one Philippine island, wildlife officials said Sunday. The Philippine Forest Turtle, found only in the western island of Palawan, is one of numerous freshwater turtles being taken by poachers for sale to China, said Adelina Villena, chief of staff at the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development. "They sell them mainly to the Chinese exotic food and medicine trade and the pet trade. They are smuggled out of the country, some are even traded on the high seas," she told AFP. The reptile, also known as the Palawan forest turtle, is listed as "critically endangered," by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is found in forests and streams.en
local.subject.personalNameVillena, Adelina
local.subject.corporateNamePalawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD)en
local.subject.corporateNameInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)en
dc.contributor.corporateauthorAgence France-Presse (AFP)en


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