Bernama 14 Sep 15;
KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- The Terengganu state government has been urged to introduce a law to ban sales and eating turtle eggs across the state.
Terengganu Tourism Association deputy chairman Alex Lee Yun Ping said even though the state government has banned the sale or eating Leatherback turtle eggs, no law has been introduced to prevent the eggs from being sold in the market.
"Why not we also ban selling turtle eggs of other species as well, like Hawksbill, Green and Olive Ridley turtles? Is it because those three species seldom land at our shores?," he said at the Terengganu International Seminar on Eco-Tourism and Marine Tourism (Temco) 2015 here, today.
Alex Lee said as a tourism industry player himself, he sometimes felt ashamed and wondered how turtle eggs are being sold in the state.
Hence, he added that Temco would submit a resolution to the state government to take appropriate action against such activities.
-- BERNAMA
