There are many crimes that I don't really understand, but when it comes to live animals, I'm especially baffled. I mean, sure smuggle cigarettes or whatever to make money, but living things that have never hurt anybody and only want to be left alone to live their lives in peace? That, I don't get.
So it's doubly saddening to see something like this case of turtle smuggling — and to find out just how rampant this practice is.