A worker transports turtles in foam boxes at Hong Kong's Kadoorie Farm
and Botanic Garden January 1, 2002. The reptiles were among a cargo of
10,000 turtles which were being shipped from Southeast Asia to markets
in mainland China when they were intercepted by Hong Kong customs
officials on December 11. Conservationists in the territory have begun
airlifting them to a U.S. turtle rescue facility in Miami since last
week and are battling to save the remaining. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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