2 more turtle traffickers arrested
Senegal, 4 Sep 2016
Another reptile trafficker arrested with 84 live freshwater turtles! Charlotte and Cecile and the rest of the SALF team continued the crackdown on the reptile smuggling ring. Altogether 212 turtles are taken care of in the SALF house. They were sent to a rehabilitation centre and later will be released in the Niokolo-Koba National Park.
A fifth member of the reptile trafficking ring was arrested one day later.