WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has proposed adding four types of freshwater turtles to an international endangered species list, in part to better monitor exports of the species, whose meat
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GR: Turtles are resistant to toxic wastes, but they are helpless against water diversions, hunters, and pet collectors. In my home state, wildlife biologists have registered concerns for survival of all ten native species and the five introduced species (http://garryrogers.com/2013/11/08/arizona-turtle).
