空港でアマゾン原産のカメ４０００匹押収　ペルー

【リマＡＦＰ＝時事】ペルーの野生動物当局は２１日、首都リマのホルへ・チャベス国際空港でアマゾン熱帯雨林原産の生きたカメ約４０００匹を押収したと発表した。（写真は、ペルー・リマのホルへ・チャベス国際空港で押収されたカメ。ペルー野生動物当局公開）
　当局の発表によると、カメはインドネシアに輸出されるところだった。
　南米最大のオオヨコクビガメの幼体とモンキヨコクビガメなどが、段ボール箱に入った小型の透明プラスチック容器に入れられていた。
　両種ともワシントン条約の付属書ＩＩに記載されており、取引には追跡と許可が必要となっている。
　国際自然保護連合は、モンキヨコクビガメを危急種（ＶＵ）に指定している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/12/22-16:19）

Peruvian authorities have seized some 4,000 turtles that originated in the Amazon at the country's main international airport, the national wildlife service said Thursday.
The National Forestry and Wildlife Service said in a statement it has intercepted a shipment of live turtles at the Jorge Chavez airport that were going to be exported to Indonesia.
Among the reptiles were baby Arrau turtles -- the largest river turtle in South America -- and the yellow-spotted river turtle, which were found in small transparent plastic containers inside cardboard boxes.
Both turtles are listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora Appendix II, which requires the tracking and regulation of trade.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the yellow-spotted river turtle, the second largest freshwater turtle in the Amazon, as vulnerable to extinction.
According to Interpol, the black market for illegal wildlife products are worth up to $20 billion per year, and is pushing many species to the brink of extinction.
CITES says that tortoises and turtles are one of the most threatened groups of animals in the world.