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How many pets is too many pets? For a turtle owner in Yilan, the answer is more than 500. Mr. Lin has been breeding yellow pond turtles for years. He has a permit to keep them, as they are a Class I protected species. But the problem is, that the turtles have bred far too quickly, producing more than 160 hatchlings. Mr. Lin says he has run out of space and wants to give some away, but the Yilan County Government says he should surrender all 500+ turtles in his possession. Let’s hear more.
Mr. Lin
Has too many turtles
I can’t keep them anymore. I don’t have enough space. I want to give them to the government, so they can take care of them. The big turtles pick on the younger ones. If you keep them together, they don’t last longer than three days.
Lee Chian-chiang
Yilan County Government
Our goal is to process all of them together, and release them into the wild eventually. If he keeps any, they might keep breeding.
Mr. Lin has so many turtles that they all end up piled one on top of another, crammed up in a small space. The Yilan government says they want him to surrender every turtle in order to prevent them from breeding. But Mr. Lin says that his mother, at 94 years old, would be heartbroken to be separated from her turtle family. But with no agreement in sight, the baby turtles are stuck in limbo with nowhere to go.
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