Urge the Bahamas Government to Ban the Catching and Killing of Endangered Sea Turtles
Elizabeth Burrows the manager of the Humane Society Grand Bahama and others have put together a compelling petition urging the Bahamian Government to ban the catching, possession and slaughter of Bahamian Sea Turtles.
Please look this over and sign if you agree:
Petition to Urge the Bahamas Government to Ban the Catching and Killing of Endangered Sea Turtles!
Basically existing legislation only prohibits the taking of Hawksbill turtles and allows the taking of Loggerhead and Green turtles. Leatherback or Kemp’s Ridley turtles are not addressed by the existing fisheries laws at all!
While most of the sea turtles are actually born in other countries where they enjoy a protected status, the Bahamas still allows them to be killed.
Read the whole text over at the petition website and sign it if you agree that ALL sea turtles should be protected in Bahamian waters.
Thank you,
an avid diver.
Source: The Plankton forum
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