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                        style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Every turtle taken pushes these 
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Hundreds of 
                        turtles across the U.S. are being ripped from the wild 
                        and stuffed into socks, diapers, or boxes labeled "toys" 
                        — all to fuel a cruel international trade. Recently, a 
                        smuggler in Brooklyn pleaded guilty after attempting to 
                        ship 850 turtles worth $1.4 million to Hong Kong. Many 
                        of these animals were Eastern box turtles and three-toed 
                        box turtles, native species already in decline.</P>
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                        rel=noopener target=_blank>Sign the petition now to 
                        demand that U.S. authorities crack down on turtle 
                        smuggling before more fragile populations 
                        collapse.</A></B></P>
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The cruelty is 
                        staggering: turtles bound and taped, smeared with 
                        substances to confuse detection dogs, and shipped 
                        overseas where they are sold as exotic pets or status 
                        symbols. But the real tragedy is ecological. Box turtles 
                        can live for a century but reproduce slowly, meaning 
                        that taking even a few can devastate an entire 
                        population. And yet, thousands are stolen from U.S. 
                        habitats every year. <B><A 
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                        rel=noopener target=_blank>Sign now to demand the U.S. 
                        Fish and Wildlife Service stop this cruel trade and save 
                        our 
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<DIV>From: <B dir=auto class=gmail_sendername>Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts</B> 
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вс, 7 сент. 2025 г. в 11:20<BR>Subject: Turtle smuggling is destroying fragile 
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