High energy ahead! There are concave tortoises in The Dragon Lake!
Recently, when the management staff of Yilonghu National Wetland Park carried out slope greening operations in Renshou Village around Yilong Lake, they found that there was a turtle on the slope, with regular edges and angles on the collar, long nails, and did not look like an ordinary turtle.
At the Shiping County Forestry and Grassland Bureau, staff are weighing, measuring and identifying turtles.
After measurement, the turtle weighed 2.45 kg, the carapace was 33 cm long and 25 cm wide, there was no obvious trauma to the body, and there was a circular hole in the right rear of the shell, which was speculated to be caused by captivity.
According to the identification of the staff of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Shiping County, this turtle is called the concave tortoise, which belongs to the national second-level key protected animal, and in the next step, they will transfer this turtle to the State Wild Conservation Department for protection.
Forestry and Grassland Bureau staff remind the general public
When picking up or encountering wild animals, they should promptly report to the relevant departments for protection and handling.
In particular, wild animals under national first- and second-level protection, or wild animals listed in Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, cannot be privately fed, sold, transported, sold, domesticated and bred wild animals under national second-level protection, and must apply to the local forestry and grassland bureau for an "artificial breeding permit".
Source/Charm Stone Screen