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World Turtle Day
World Turtle Day

….BE KIND TO TURTLE… (

|Prepared by: |Chu Siaw Fen, Timothy, Lucius, Marlyn, Jamie |Date: |20.05.2013 |
|Course Code: |BUS1100 |Lecturer: |Borhan Abdullah |

Purpose

The purpose of World Turtle Day, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.

A. Speaker Details
|Name: Gavin Jolis |
|Designation: Species Officer |
|Company Name: Semporna Priority Conservation Area, WWF Malaysia |
|Title of the Talk: Marine Turtles of Sabah, Malaysia |

B. List out the 3 key points from the talk
|We must Protect our inheritance of the turtle species to avoid from extinction. |
|Ways to protect our turtle species; |
|Do not buy and eat turtle eggs or meat |
|Disposing of trash responsibly |
|Support and be involved in conservation programmers and be a vonlunteer |
|- Having this turtle species also might have a lot of benefits and one of them are may increases the number of tourism. |
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