AR-News: (Africa) Hefty sentences for tortoise thieves

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nationals for having been in possession of 14 Angulata tortoises. 
Paul Gildenhuys, manager of the Western Cape nature conservation board's 
environmental crime unit, said: "We are very satisfied with the sentence... The 
message we are sending out to the world is that if people come to South Africa 
to plunder its biodiversity, they will be caught and dealt with."

Posted Wed, 21 Jan 2004 
The Clanwilliam Regional Court on Tuesday passed heavy sentences on three 
Japanese 


full story:
http://iafrica.com/news/sa/297455.htm



"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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