Conservationist estimates about 360, not 12,000 turtles slaughtered in seizure of dried meat


Dr James Alin, advisor to Friends Of Sea Turtles Education and Research.

KOTA KINABALU: The 9,000kg of dried sea turtle meat seized by police would likely be from about 360 adult sea turtles, says conservationist Dr James Alin.

The marine police seizure of the dried turtle meat did not reflect the reported estimate of 12,000 turtles killed for that amount of meat, said the advisor to Friends Of Sea Turtles Education and Research (Foster) explained.

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