Say “No” to turtle eggs campaign
Pelf recently wrote about the Turtle Research and Rehabilitation Group’s year-long campaign to encourage members of the Malaysian public NOT to eat turtle and terrapin eggs. Her Advisor, Professor Chan Eng Heng from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu launched the campaign in February 2008, and she hoped to collect 1 million signatures at the end of February 2009 so that those signatures could be submitted to the Terengganu State Government meeting next year.
Pelf is not too sure how many signatures have been collected so far but she is sure of is that we are no where near 1 million signatures yet. Hence, She would like to appeal to you readers of the Broken Mirror to help us reach a wider audience.
But why are we doing this, you ask? Turtle eggs are still being sold in the markets in Terengganu because the sale of those eggs is legal. Only the eggs of leatherback turtles are protected from sale and consumption, but we all know that the leatherback turtle in Malaysia is effectively extinct. But what about other turtle species? Do we wait until the other remaining turtle species become virtually extinct before we talk about saving their eggs? From this campaign, Pelf hopes to collect and submit 1 million signatures to the state government so that the eggs of ALL species of turtles will be protected.
Following is a list of blog posts that you may extract information from:
# Say No to turtle and terrapin eggs
# Be our Turtle Ambassador
# Campaign gains momentum
# Soon-to-be-extinct bum-breathing turtle (with notes on the campaign)
Attached with this post is the poster that is being used by the resort operators who has pledged their efforts.
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