Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ High demand for sea turtles in China sends poachers toward Philippines http://www.pri.org/stories/science/environment/high-demand-for-sea-turtles-in-china-sends-poachers-toward-philippines-8358.html Environment Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 Chinese fishers have so badly depleted the population of sea turtles, many of them endangered, off the nation's coasts that poachers are traveling far and wide to nab the sea reptiles. As China and the Philippines argue over stretches of the South China Sea, turtle poachers have already moved in. PRI: Public Radio International