4 Chinese Arrested for Eating Endangered Tortoises

I saw a tweet from WTOP talking about the arrest of 4 people for eating endangered animals.

And before I even clicked on the link I knew the story was going to be about the Chinese. I have documented quite a few instances on this blog about Chinese cruelty to endangered animals.

From WTOP here:

Four Chinese nationals have been arrested on cruelty charges after they cut up and ate rare tortoises.

The men admitted to killing 40 of the Bell’s hinged species, which are listed as endangered. Investigators found 40 skeletons, 13 live tortoises and tortoise meat when they raided a house in rural southern Zimbabwe.

These are the first arrests in Zimbabwe of Chinese citizens on charges related to their eating habits. Investigators said Zhang Hong Yuan, Chen Caijan, Lin Guibin and Shi Jiahua stored the tortoises in their own droppings and without food or water in 50 gallon (200 liter) drums.

The four, fined separately on charges of “extreme cruelty” under the nation’s animal welfare laws, were found to have illegally entered Zimbabwe and were now in jail awaiting deportation.

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