What is star tortoise ? i am seeing in the newspaper that the live star tortoicses siezed in the Air ports ?

Question

what is star tortoise ? why they sieze it ? what is the use of the tortoises ?

Answer 1

The Star tortoise belongs to a group of tortoises that bear a distinguishing radiating pattern on their carapaces.

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/el...

They get sold for food and to be raised as pets illegally.

It is considered critically endangered by the IUCN

source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_Sta...