Chinese face deportation for eating rare tortoises (BBC)

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Four Chinese nationals are facing deportation from Zimbabwe after they were arrested for killing more than 40 rare tortoises for meat, officials say.

Animal welfare officials said the men admitted charges of animal cruelty.

Investigators found the skeletal remains of 40 endangered Bell's Hinged tortoises, in a raid on the men's house.

They also reportedly recovered 13 live tortoises stored in steel drums without water or food.
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The tortoise is listed as an endangered species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Local officials say their numbers in the wild have dwindled in recent years.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17085337




Deportation ? How about a nice long jail sentence first ?

[wtmusic]

1. +1 on the jail time.

Ain't no hell hot enough for these bastards.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Feed them to the tortoises, maybe

Poetic justice

[Nihil]

3. Justice would indeed be jail time ...

... but "in steel drums without water or food"