Turtle Soup NOT sold here!!!!

Do you know that Turtle soup is a soup made from the flesh of the turtle, often the endangered green turtle? In Asian countries turtle soup is a Chinese delicacy known for its rich herbal taste. The meat, skin and innards of the turtle are used in the soup.

Here are some facts from the Malaysia Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign:-

1)14% of Malaysia’s mammals are listed by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) as endangered
2)30 species of turtle ever discovered, only 7 are left.
3)Less than 1,500 Borneo Pygmy elephants are found in the world.
4)It is estimated that there are less than 20 Sumatran rhinoceros left in Borneo.
5)The Bornean species of orangutan is highly endangered, and the Sumatran species is critically endangered, according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and both are listed on Appendix I of CITES.

Traditional Chinese medicine also belief that various tiger parts has medicinal properties, including pain killers and aphrodisiacs. Some aphrodisiacs appear to gain their reputation from the principles of sympathetic magic, e.g. oysters, due to their shape. This also explains the trade in the phallic-looking horn of the rhinoceros, which is endangering this animal. Other animal-based aphrodisiacs gain their reputation from the apparent virility or aggressiveness of the animal source — such as tiger penis — also endangering the species.

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P/S - Post was inspired by this guy.