Matara Chief Magistrate Udesh Ranatunga, on Monday (20), fined two suspects Rs. 100,000, when they were produced before him for killing a turtle and selling its eggs.
The Matara police told the Magistrate that the suspects, who earned a living as fishermen, had been killing turtles for meat.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/two-fined-rs-100000-killing-turtle
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandradasa-kodituwakku
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/island-sri-lanka
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
