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The Leathery Turtle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Robert Bustard
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Abstract

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The author suggests that the leathery turtle, the world’s largest species, is seriously endangered despite the discovery a few years ago of a big new rookery in French Guiana. He urges that part of the only other known large rookery — at Trengganu, in Malaysia — should be declared a national park, where tourists would be encouraged under careful supervision, and a much increased hatchery programme initiated by the government.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , January 1972 , pp. 233 - 241
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1972

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