S. Korea to return 28 smuggled turtles to Vietnam

South Korean wildlife authorities will hand over 28 turtles from four endangered species to Vietnam on Tuesday, returning them to the country from which they were smuggled. The transfer marks Korea’s seventh wildlife repatriation case under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. According to the National Institute of Ecology, the turtles include four Indochinese box turtles and two Bourret’s box turtles, both of which are critically endangered on the

By The Korea Herald