14 Jun 2022

Auckland bans red-eared slider turtles

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 14 June 2022

From September, breeding, distributing, and selling these turtles will be banned in the Auckland Region.

To explain why they're such a big problem Auckland Council's Principal Biosecurity Advisor Dr Imogen Bassett talks to Jesse.

Red-eared slider turtle

Photo: public domain

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