How the Growing Trade in One Tortoise Puts Others at Risk

Booming Indian star tortoise trade pretty much disappeared Madagascar tortoises.They're easily cover. It is not dangerous. And they are popular pets of all, unlike ear slider turtle red, it does not give you salmonella. Indian star tortoise is now a star of the species do not care to use protects natural trade.They pet. Sometimes, a target that will appear in Hindu temples of worship (yet - do Vishnu is believed to be the reincarnation of turtles), but just did not have much of a market for them.



Now, the community has of maintaining a variety of reptiles and experts concerned. Illegal trade of Indian Star Tortoise has skyrocketed. Back in 2004, one estimate, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, including turtles illegally taken from the wild in the whole range of from 10,000 to 20,000 thoughts.
However, only one rural town in the middle of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, medium collect at least 55,000 Indian turtle star boiled in a small settlement near According to a recent study by the University of the journal Conservation of Wildlife Conservation at the University of Oxford, the 2014 research unit.
Furthermore, the flourishing trade in Indian Star tortoise is also the possibility of rotation turtle species that contribute less in seonginga decrease of 200 rare turtles plow, remain quite difficult to find wild.What, «Aniruddha animal world of non-profit, based London One of the authors of the study and protection Mookerjee said. This amount is very staggering.It said something to one of the additional warning to other species considered stable and Peter van Dijk Paul, director of the animal and the world's leading experts on the conservation of sea turtles freshwater turtles program and International.
'The change in circumstances never permitted to do something [strong] can trade development in one,' said Van Dijk. Can ripple effect - with ease, even if the sale of rare animals even more ominous predictions, too.
Animals poached from the wild, especially children and young people in large quantities and is issued, there is another problem. Because they are small and lightweight, making it easy to smuggle. In the sense that he was about to complete the adult population, but also concern: When parents die, which can cause the collapse of the population.
Intensive collection for export trade means that the hatches or discovered and removed before the youth to participate in the increase of population and adults to play,' said Van Dijk. There is one last adult in the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the conservation status of this species is not considered threatened by the International Union for international organizations in the region, without the turtle in the Member decides on all leaving age will die in the world Indian star tortoise. However, on the way to be indicated by the following steps for 'vulnerable' endangered species, as well as evaluating the conservation status of the Indian star tortoise, and is part of Turtle Turtle Specialist Group .
Turtle owned international trading or transactions, and protect illegal in India. Regulating international wildlife trade of wild fauna and flora, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species will require an export permit from the country of origin to avoid them at the population level.
Although this legal protection, experts agree is suitable for paper, the illegal trade began skyrocketed.It Asian turtle crisis. China has opened up economic and trade after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, China's demand for luxury goods - in particular, the growing dissemination of meat. Depending on the evaluation of the offer of IUCN, and the increase in demand in 2009, has threatened with three-quarters of the 90 species of freshwater turtles in Asia.
Indian star tortoise was not part of this crisis. Euroyi not a shopping street located in the food trade is the trade in exotic pets, as well as time-trafficking before the start of the only power problems before the start of the star tortoise trade to India to meet the demand, it is only Matter of time.
'Now we've kept secret for at least several decades,' said Mookerjee Indian star tortoise trade is increasing. However, we are not really sure what is the size of the enterprise. '
Nevertheless, researchers and their teams have been observed in a community collection of 55,000 Indian star tortoise unexpected. 'We were surprised and moved animals of pure volume, 'Neil de Cruze, research authors.Part other Indian star tortoise on the causes of increased trade may be more resistant than other species of exotic animals. These features help the dinosaur-skin tortoise and a sluggish metabolism - now stuffed in a bag traffickers.That record and animals suffered no hold time used with any «D» Cruze. Shellfish is under pressure, cracks will rapidly spread the disease because they were packed in close proximity. Many do not survive the smuggling process. 'However, the perpetrators of this brutal crime is only their business models and build death, you can still make money.'
Indian star tortoises collected in the wild by their sale to the next intermediate rural village. And turtles can be promoted very organized, professional traders to exit, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and other wildlife trade hub in the country. It is the ideal place to be this law.
Thailand, for example, have laws that protect the basic turtle and - but the same kind of Indian star tortoise - No legislation on trade, such as non-specific illegally taken from other countries. If traded turtles can be obtained illegally smuggled through Thailand customs in India are safe. And by law.
Along the way, delivery turtle can sometimes get fake documents indicating they have been bred in captivity. That is, you could easily and in large customer transactions States and Europe from the strict species of wildlife law enforcement.
No one expected it to be so blatantly exploited this gap, Van Dijk said.
Covering types
Commercial turtle Indian star will now provide cover for transferring more species at risk and plow turtle, all critically endangered Madagascar radiation. Radiation turtle Star is very similar to the Indian star tortoise shell and has a bright pattern, plow blade has the shape of the lower jaw plates protect the neck plow.
Boil itself turtle in a legal shipment of Indian star turtles from Thailand, even in India, I know one or two people and almost the same lies between them emit a turtle? Less than 200 mature adult tan plow left in the wild? Overworked, undertrained customs agent to select people for smuggling endangered the mass of legal persons is not an easy task.
One or two almost identical, in notinreul threatened know that babies in the tradition of the Indian star tortoise, turtle lies between the radiation? Identification of reptiles should be effective also identify enforcement, it is very difficult for them to be able at any time to be a servant, say fish, or a new vase «D». To understand the different characteristics of different species may have a hard time identifying the animal species, even trained scientists devoted, without knowing where it came from, he said. 'By providing the ideal opportunity for criminals to give a protected species to species that are not protected. '
A human being is marketing to try too big miss finding a pair of smuggling, in 2013, Thai customs agent (300) Indian Star Tortoise and airports, 21 emit a turtle, 54 moisturizer - about 10 percent more than the entire population of moisture.