Turtle Meat

If its not shark fins it TURTLES!!!!!!!!!!!! This controversial topic has been around since the 80's and now they are getting the meat from Turtle Farms.. The rapid expansion of these turtle farms are endangering the native species. The demand for turtle meat is so great it it now affecting populations in the United States.

"Turtle farmers buy wild-caught turtles to improve their breeding stock," Parham explained. "There is a belief that wild turtles breed better in captivity than captive-born turtles." I just understand the thinking behind eating turtle and sharks. Not in mass quantities anyways. It is one to thing to live on an island in a tribe and fish for these things but it is completely different when you have all kinds of food choices living in a place like China.

There are more than a thousand turtle farms and they are valued at more than a billion dollars US. Peter Paul van Dijk is a turtle conservation expert with the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Conservation International, who was not involved with the new survey.
He said some farms are primarily illegal laundering operations that sell wild-caught turtles as "farm raised".

To read more about Turtle farming just follow the link. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070323-turtle-farms_2.html