Terengganu bans sale of all types of turtle eggs

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu state assembly has unanimously passed the Turtle Enactment 1951 (Amendment 2021) which, among others, imposes a total ban on the sale of all types of turtle eggs and provides for much heavier penalties for offences against the marine creatures.

When tabling the enactment, state agriculture, agro-based industries and rural development committee chairman Dr Azman Ibrahim said the amended enactment was aimed at protecting and preventing the extinction of all turtle species, including terrapins.