Texas turtles ending up in China soup pots
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Growing up in East Texas, Dian Avriett loved to watch the turtles sunning on the banks of local rivers and lakes. But now she says it's rare to see them on those same waterways, and the reason is clear -- China's taste for Texas turtle meat.
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The bronze bowl seems unremarkable until you study it from above. Then, the shallow basin suddenly seems to teem with life: etchings of tiny tadpoles, turtles and fish wriggle across the bottom and up the sides, as if trapped in a real-life pond.
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A rare sea turtle is looked after at an aquarium in Cornwall after being found stranded on a beach in Devon.
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Many endangered species are under threat from growing prosperity in China, where exotic animals are butchered for gourmet banquets, exotic medicines or luxury goods.
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Malaysia - A turtle named Henry headed for the South China Sea one recent moonless night. He was one hour old and not much bigger than a bug, but his flat-flippered dash down the beach showed a determination to live bred into him by ...
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The finding of a dinosaur fossil in southern China has given new clues to the evolution and hunting practices of a long-necked aquatic reptile that lived some 230 million years ago, the magazine Science said on Thursday.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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About half the usual number of loggerhead turtles have nested between North Carolina and Florida this season, and scientists have no explanation for the drop.
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Experts think they've solved the mystery of what has been killing sea turtles in the Indian Ocean at the peak of their nesting season.
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A research dig on the site of a proposed Lubbock zoo has turned up a pieces of an ancient bison bone. Daniel Rafuse &#151; one of a three-person team from Texas Tech University and the Lubbock Lake Landmark working the site &#151; said that the bone was found nearly 7 feet below the surface.
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A Chinese court has ordered a holiday resort and a crocodile keeper to pay almost 220,000 yuan ($30,600) in compensation to the parents of a nine-year-old boy who was devoured by the reptiles last year.
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH SHANGHAI, China - Even in anything-edible-goes-in-the-pot China, the Huifu Fine-food Restaurant is drawing attention with special menu offerings that include alligator kebabs and soup - complete with the endangered species' head and tail.
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Rangers found the shells of eight endangered giant tortoises believed to have been killed by poachers, Galapagos National Park officials said Tuesday.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 11--The first sign of impending disaster would be a piercing hiss as thousands of pounds of chlorine gas rushed through a hole in one of the 4,000-gallon storage tanks at the Tarrant County Water Supply Project plant in Euless.
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Small and inexpensive steps could go a long way towards rescuing the Western Pacific&#39;s dwindling population of giant sea turtles, an expert has said.
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By Joel Hood, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  May 27--LOXAHATCHEE GROVES -- The town of "turtle waters" is losing its turtles.
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Even in anything-edible-goes-in-the-pot China, the Huifu Fine-food Restaurant is drawing attention with special menu offerings that include alligator kebabs and soup &#151; complete with the endangered species' head and tail.