Turtle on a Plane

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Originally Posted by MarkS

This is all pretty much wrong. There are NO laws against owning, possessing or shipping a turtle of any size. It is unlawful to SELL a turtle under 4 inches unless it is used for educational purposes, scientific purposes or for export. Possession is perfectly legal, transporting it across state lines is perfectly legal, giving it to someone is perfectly legal. According to US postal regulations It is unlawful to send any turtles through the US postal service, any other form of shipping is perfectly legal.

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True but do you honestly believe that turtle wasn't purchased from some beach-side vendor? I would lay 100 bucks that turtle was illegal to sell.

And to a previous poster, you're right I wish they didn't have it.