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Ontario snapping turtle endangered yet hunted

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Feb 20th, 2012
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By Mary Ormsby Toronto Star Feb 18 2012
It was a theft that also highlighted the vulnerability of the Ontario snapping turtle, a popular target of poachers and a creature at the hub of a hunters-versus-protectionists debate: the ancient, armoured snapping turtle is on the Canadian and provincial endangered species lists — yet it is legally hunted in Ontario.
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