17,000 river turtles released in Peru national reserve

PACAYA SAMIRIA NATIONAL RESERVE, Peru (AFP) — Peru frees 17,000 yellow-spotted river turtles in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Each year, for a month, the Peruvian wild-life authorities free 500,000 of these turtles in the Loreto region north of Peru in order to maintain the level of this species.

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