The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has confiscated more than a 100 carvings made out of turtle shell. Trading in turtle shells is illegal according to Environment Law 64-00.
The measure is part of a nationwide conservation plan by the environmental authorities aimed at eradicating the hunting and killing of turtles and selling of turtle shells in the country.
The Ministry said that the confiscation took place on the beaches of Paya, los Guineos and Bibijagua, in La Romana and La Altagracia provinces in more than 15 establishments and that the articles included combs, boxes, earrings, and other items made from turtle shell. The artifacts were delivered to the National History Museum.
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