In Reply to: I didnt say eating turtles was OK posted by Cat on Friday, 22. April 2005 at 13:45 Bali Time:
I've enjoyed all your JBR's MIchelle! thank you, don't know the situation in Canada, but in Australia Turtles are listed as an endangered species and as such all food and products are banned, exept in tradiitional Aboriginal hunting grounds. The hotel we stay at in Bali has built special pens so that when the chefs visit the markets, they purchase any turtles that are on sale, bring them back to the hotel where they are kept safe till they look healthy, then set free into the sea hopefully not to wind up back in a pot! as you were sharing in a village feast it was polite to eat what was offered.