{"id":57587,"date":"2018-02-09T00:19:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T05:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=57587"},"modified":"2018-02-09T00:19:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T05:19:06","slug":"black-tortoises-gal-ibba-and-flapshell-tortoises-kiri-ibba-in-sri-lanka-are-being-illegally-slaughtered-in-large-numbers-for-consumption-by-chinese-construction-workers-and-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=57587","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Black Tortoises (Gal Ibba) and Flapshell Tortoises (Kiri Ibba) in Sri Lanka  Are Being  Illegally Slaughtered  in Large Numbers For Consumption by Chinese Construction Workers and Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nBy Rathindra Kuruwita<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police are not doing enough to protect the black tortoise (gal ibba) and the flapshell tortoise (kiri ibba) being slaughtered for the consumption of Chinese construction workers and tourists, says Sajeewa Chamikara of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Organised groups are collecting these two protected species as there is a high demand for them from Chinese construction workers and tourists. According to the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (FFPO) anyone who harms these animals can be fined and jailed. Moreover the Police don\u2019t need a warrant to arrest such a person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, it is the Department of Wildlife officials who carry out most of the raids, in areas near construction sites with Chinese workers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton57587\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D57587&amp;text=%26%238220%3BBlack%20Tortoises%20%28Gal%20Ibba%29%20and%20Flapshell%20Tortoises%20%28Kiri%20Ibba%29%20in%20Sri%20Lanka%20%20Are%20Being%20%20Illegally...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rathindra Kuruwita Police are not doing enough to protect the black tortoise (gal ibba) and the flapshell tortoise (kiri ibba) being slaughtered for the consumption of Chinese construction workers and tourists, says Sajeewa Chamikara of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57588,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57587\/revisions\/57588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}