Rare turtles

A boat was captured that held 220 rare sea turtles, most of the turtles were dead. The Chinese use the turtles for medicines and their skin and shells are used for fashion accessories. This past Wednesday was the second capture that Malaysian police made. Of the 220 that were seized 20 were still alive. In the first group seized their were 78 turtles and only 5 were still alive.The turtles were green and hawksbills turtles both which are endangered.