Environment and Ecology
Chennai top node in tortoise trafficking network
- The study titled, ‘From pets to plate’ was published in the edition of Oryx, the International Journal of Conservation.
- The study found that the trafficking of soft shell turtles for meat was predominantly domestic in nature.
- The international trafficking of the reptile from or to India almost restricted to Bangladesh.
- Chennai is the highest ranked node in the tortoise and hard shell turtle trafficking network.
Note
- Indian star tortoise
- Native to India.
- IUCN Status – Vulnerable.
- Indian flapshell turtle
- Freshwater species of turtle found in South Asia
- IUCN Status – Vulnerable.
