SANDAKAN: The government needs to provide the maritime community with alternative food sources if it wants to tackle consumption of turtle meat and eggs as well as poaching activity. “My source said the meat has been dug out and the pouch where the turtle eggs are stored is also emptied. “It’s quite obvious they are after the meat and eggs for consumption because the turtle shell is worth a lot of money. “It could be that they took some (meat and eggs) for themselves and sold the rest but we wouldn’t know. In continuation of the Op Penjual, which was initiated last month and saw three foreigners sentenced to imprisonment for selling turtle eggs, Op Pembeli was launched to discourage egg consumption.

Source: New Strait Times September 30, 2017 10:41 UTC