World Status, Exploitation and Trade - WIDECAST

VIET NAMThe lurtlos grt-w to 12 ini after about five nionLha, 2S cm after 18 months,and wore aold at throe years old when they were about 34 40 cm long. Theywere worth about six piastres each. Mortality rates wore in the order of40 60%. Unlike the wild Hawksbill Turtles, which were often poisonous,those raised in farms were said to bo delicious. Some two yoar old turtleswere stuffed and sold as household ornaments.557