Everyone's focus has been on protected species, "but this doesn't mean that unprotected species don't face their own survival crises," says Chen, who notes that many of the of turtle shells imported to Taiwan are taken from immature turtles--meaning that turtles are being killed before they have the chance to propagate. "Many of the Damonia subtrijuga shells are of young turtles."
大家焦點都在保育類，「不表示非保育類就沒有生存的問題」，陳添喜看過藥商進口的龜板許多是取自幼龜，代表它們根本沒機會長大、繁衍就被殺掉了，「小馬來龜板就很多」，他說。