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Calls for action on traditional turtle hunting after tourists witness slaughter on Green Island

Tourists have watched on in horror as turtles have been slaughtered in a popular holiday location in the Far North.

Tourism operators are now calling for increased public debate about the traditional hunting of green sea turtles and dugongs and are seeking a ban on the practice in key tourist locations. They said killings happened often enough to distress visitors and send the wrong message around the world…. Source

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