Ok,
Now I need to explain something here. The trade in endangered animals in China is big business. Here is a photo of an example of what I found at one food market in 2001.

Now, I don't care what anybody thinks about my proposal. It is fair to the serious exporters that take the time to hatch turtles from their own animals.
You cannot and will not sustain a balanced environment at the rate that we are allowing adult turtles to be taken from their natural environment. This is a proven fact, that is well known by all parties at all levels of the scientific community WORLD WIDE!
So, with that said, by anybody suggesting that money, rights of man, or American this or that, your argument is completely baseless and naive.
Your basic human rights are not being violated by implementing a ban, partial ban, or even total ban of the harvest of turtles for commercial purposes. If you do not have the interest of the environment as your number one priority I propose one thing. Go out, get in your vehicle, drive to the highest point in your area, press the gas pedal until your reach the highest cruising speed and leave this great earth.
You are not the only person living or breathing on this planet, nor will you be the last. Money is not everything, and neither is material wealth. These animals were here long before you were and they will be here long after you, God willing!

Now, I am a reptile hobbyist. I keep and breed turtles and snakes. I am concerned about the well-being of all animals. I am NOT A MEMBER OF PETA OR HSA or any other anti pet organization. I am not saying we cannot keep these animals. I believe you should be able to keep venomous animals, large constrictors, and all that. All I want is to be able to go outside in 50 years and see a common snapper in the river by my house. At the rate that we are going, you will not be able to. Period!

"Everyone is responsible for everything happening on earth."
- Fjodor Dostojevskij

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