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Uzbekistan prevents smuggling of 3,000 turtles
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Uzbekistan prevented attempts to smuggle of Central Asian turtles to foreign states in January-March 2016.
According to information service of the State Nature Protection Committee, some 2,949 turtles were seized in the result of carried out measures.
All turtles were handed over to specialized nurseries, which have all necessary conditions for breeding turtles.
Part of the turtles will be to wild nature, the State Nature Protection Committee said.
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