Common snapping turtle photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Dakota L.
Thousands From State Rivers Have Been Caught, Sold, Exported Overseas
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. The Missouri Department of Conservation today received a lettersigned by more than 100 scientists, including the nation’s top turtle-conservation experts, asking for a complete ban on for-profit trapping of the state’s wild turtles. The letter follows an October announcement that the state will consider restricting commercial turtle collection, in response to…
