[影片5]公視-我們的島 尋龜宿

[影片連結] 公視-我們的島 第824集 尋龜宿 (2015/09/20)

發佈日期：2015年9月20日

對有些生命來說，家，是遙遠的幻夢。台灣原生龜，因為中國市場需求龐大，成為盜獵對象­，近十年來，野生數量急劇下降，連專為食蛇龜劃設的保護區，盜獵者的腳步都已經踏向森­林深處…

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[歷史資料]台灣保育龜類歷年查緝案件報導/Criminal cases about freshwater turtles in Taiwan from 2006-2015

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中文版網址：http://timemap.kuansim.com/if_lin/illegal-turtle

Criminal cases about freshwater turtles in Taiwan from 2006-2015
英文版網址：http://timemap.kuansim.com/if_lin/illegal-turtle-taiwan

[NEWS] COAST GUARDS OF TAIWAN SEIZED MORE THAN 3,600 TURTLES INTENDED FOR SMUGGLING OUT OF THE COUNTRY

    A total of 3,676 freshwater turtles in three species were seized on 16 July, 2015 in a residence in Taoyuang City in northern Taiwan by the Second Tainan Grigate of the of the Southern Coastal Patrol Office of the Coast Guard Administration (CGA). All three species are protected under Taiwan’s Wildlife Conservation Act and regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wid Fauna and Flora (CITES).

    Among the turtles seized were 2,286 yellow-margined box turtles (Cuora flavomarginata), 920 yellow pond turtles (Mauremys mutica), and 469 Chinese pond turtles (Mauremys reevesii). In addition, 14 snakes, 5 pangolins, and over half a ton of lumbar belonging to two endemic Taiwan species were also confiscated.

    The Coast Guard received information on the intended smuggling of these protected species through fishing boats to be sold in China. The wildlife and lumbar were hunted illegally throughout Taiwan and were stored in the warehouse inside the suspect’s residence in Taoyuang.

    Over the past 10 years, the yellow-margined box turtle had been a favorite target for smuggling from Taiwan and over 6,000 turtles were seized during the period. The number of yellow pond turtles found in confiscated cases only increased significantly in the past two years. These turtles are not intended for food or medicinal use as previously reported, and are traded as commodity by Chinese, especially in the southern provinces.

    Pangolins are being hunted illegally in South Asian countries and in African countries and numerous seizures were reported in recent years. Previously, pangolin poaching in Taiwan was reported only sparingly (which is also a protected species in Taiwan), and were for local consumption. This is the first case in which the pangolins were intended for exporting!

    Lowland forests and streams in Taiwan are the natural habitats for the box turtlle and the yellow pond turtle, respectively. The ant-eating pangolin is found throughout the island from sea level to over 2,000 meters in elevation. Poaching has surpassed habitat destruction to become the most serious threat for these species in Taiwan.

2015.7.16 shwu 

[影片4] 公視-我們的島 龜去何處

[影片連結] 公視-我們的島 第741集 龜去何處 (2014/01/20)

發佈時間：2014年01月20日

影片介紹：今天的故事，充滿肅殺之氣，牽涉上萬條生命，兇手是人類，救援者也是人類，溫和的主角­，只能靜默地面對波折。沒人知道故事將如何結束，只盼善良的主角，終能找到好龜宿..­.

【聲明稿】中興大學食蛇龜收容中心竊案說明

中興大學聲明稿2013.12.26 張貼．2013/12/26 下午 06:19:03 祕書室媒體公關組 ．         國立中興大學獸醫教學醫院設立「野生動物救傷中心」已多年，2006年生命科學系加入後，始設立食蛇龜臨時收容中心，並共同負責食蛇龜的救傷和收容，由林務局收容計畫補助，是國內被查獲非法盜獵食蛇龜與柴棺龜的臨時保育所。      今（2013）年12月17日下午4點左右，包商工人巡查噴水系統時，發現收容中心三公尺高的鐵網被剪破了一個泂，工作人員立即打110報案，並連夜清算，發現少了一千多隻食蛇龜、柴棺龜，隔天（12/18）下午4點左右工作人員赴台中市第三分局製作筆錄，同時為避免竊案再次發生，工作人員已在18日將破損的鐵網修補復原。      針對此案引發社會的高度關注，校方感謝各界的關心，目前全案交由警方偵查，靜待偵辦結果。未來收容中心也將加裝監視錄影器、警報器，並加強防護圍離，以避免竊案重演。      目前受託收容的中興大學，收容空間已飽和，空間明顯不足而造成收容個體持續緊迫。收容爆滿、盜獵走私、輕微判決，是造成食蛇龜、柴棺龜生存浩劫惡性循環的主因，興大生命科學系吳聲海教授曾在日前（12/3）與關懷生命協會及立委田秋堇、陳學聖共同召開記者會（新聞稿），呼籲政府應重視回歸野外物種暫時收容的動物福利，並呼籲司法單位在裁量刑度的比例時，應考量獵捕、走私規模趨勢對物種及生態的不可回復性，避免加速對食蛇龜等保育類物種造成毀滅性災難。更期盼政府部門能挹注更多資源，解決收容中心目前營運遇到的困境。      食蛇龜分布於中國大陸南部、台灣、日本琉球群島等地區，是台灣唯一的陸棲龜類。除了天災，食蛇龜最大的威脅是不當的獵捕與土地開發。食蛇龜與柴棺龜皆是農委會所列為珍貴稀有保育類物種，兩者都屬台灣本土原生種，若情況允許應讓牠們回到野外生存，因此，收容的目的在於短時間中繼休養，而非終身圈養。      目前收容中心幫助食蛇龜與柴棺龜回家的具體作法，包含：一、改善現有的臨時收容的籠舍，提高食蛇龜後續存活和恢復的機率；二、提供收容期間足夠的照顧，提供收容龜的醫療、飼養所需的人力與藥品、食物；三、尋找和調查適合的野放地點；四、野放後定期的追蹤、檢查。      興大收容中心成立至今已邁入七年，多年來，獸醫教學醫院與生科系許多專業人員、學生與志工們投入照顧收容龜的行列，只為了讓這群棲地遭到破壞且受到不當獵捕的龜群們找到回家的路。「龜家路迢迢」貼切地形容了收容龜們野放重返棲地的困難，但在興大卻有一群師生，願意為了牠們的生存而努力。如果您願意加入協助收容龜返家的行列，不論是捐款或提供其他協助，都歡迎跟生科系吳聲海教授實驗室聯絡：04-22840416轉712。 引用出處：國立中興大學 興新聞 http://nchu.edu.tw/news-detail.php?id=26697