Bali Orders Turtles Taken Off the Menu
<i> Reuters</i>
JAKARTA, Indonesia —
Stung by criticism for allowing the mass destruction of turtles, the governor of Indonesia’s tropical resort island of Bali said he would stop restaurants and hotels from serving them up for meals.
“Officials will conduct operations at hotels, restaurants and other eating places, including those where turtles are usually butchered,” Gov. Ida Bagus Oka said Friday, according to the Antara news agency.
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