PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: Environment protection officials in Palawan rescued over the weekend at least 979 rare and critically endangered turtles that were supposed to be sold in the Chinese black market.

The turtles were confiscated from the possession of suspected wildlife traffickers Joel Sulayaw, Gerald Favila and Benjie Dimasupil at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday in Barangay Old Guinlo, northern town of Taytay.

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