The International Fauna Society (http://www.faunasociety.org/index.html), a
non-profit group that promotes imperiled and misunderstood organisms
(especially arthropods and herps) has posted a "sportsman" video of turtles
being shot. You can see it here:
http://www.faunasociety.org/mediaDownload.html
It has generated outrage among conservationists and at least one legal
investigation.
The video is worth watching. It shows how important it is for
taxon-centered groups of "enthusiasts" (like IFS and NANFA) to promote
education and conservation of the animals we care about. Turtles are not
the only targets of such activities. So are aquatic snakes and some of our
larger (and imperiled) native fishes.
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