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Smuggled Mexican box turtles

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English: Credit: USFWS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Memphis Zoo are announcing the seizure of 42 rare Mexican box turtles at the Memphis Port of Entry in Memphis, Tennessee in three separate seizures of the protected turtles, found inside falsely labeled shipments.

Mexican box turtles are only found in eastern Mexico within the states of San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas and Veracruz. Unfortunately, their entire geographic range is traversed by roadways, subjecting the turtles to road dangers and illegal collection. It is rare to find the species outside of Mexico. Their export from the country has been banned and their presence in the legal pet trade is next to non-existent.

Since the discovery, the turtles are being cared for at the Memphis Zoo. Two died, weakened by the strain of being smuggled from Mexico to Memphis. Yet there has been one viable egg laid.
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Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq/51188788875/
Author U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
Camera location35° 03′ 41.95″ N, 89° 57′ 36.66″ W  Heading=260.47483824587° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by USFWS Headquarters at https://flickr.com/photos/50838842@N06/51188788875. It was reviewed on 22 June 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

22 June 2021

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