Earlier this year, eight children and one adult died after eating sea turtle meat in Zanzibar, while 78 other people were sent to the hospital. Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at ...
A number of pet dogs, cats and chicken that were fed the turtle meat also died, local official Irene Dillo said. “Authorities are still investigating the cause of the deaths,” she told the BBC.
Turtle meat can be toxic because of a type of food poisoning known as chelonitoxism Three people have died, and at least 32 others were hospitalized in the Philippines after consuming a stew made ...
The victims, all residents of Barangay Linao, a coastal and fishing village in Datu Blah Sinsuat, have complained of stomach pain; some of them have vomited after feasting on sea turtle meat that ...
Picture: Viral Press “Even the dogs, cats, and chickens that fed on scraps of sea turtle meat died. Actually, we have already prohibited eating endangered marine species here in Datu Blah town ...
The turtle was used in a meat, vegetable, vinegar and soy sauce dish called adobo that is normally made with pork. The creatures are protected by law in the Philippines, but some communities ...