Tortoises and terrapins as pets
Kids like to keep pets. However I am not sure it is always a good idea. Some animals like tortoises, turtles and terrapins belong to the wild.
This photograph from my archives was taken on August 24th this year.
Some tortoises (or are they terrapins) were found wandering around aimlessly during heavy rain when the drain was flooded. They were taken home and left in a small pail. My heart felt sad for them for they couldn’t be happy living in a small pail. There were two big ones and four small ones.
The worst fears were confirmed when I saw them again about six days ago. This is all that is left. They had been eaten by neighbourhood cats or had simply died.
I was offered this ‘not sure what to call it’ for Rm10.00. I respectfully declined the offer.
The Turtle Research and Rehabilitation Group of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu is currently running a year-long campaign to encourage members of the Malaysian public NOT to eat turtle and terrapin eggs. Read all about it here
What you can do to help:
1. Send an email to turtle@umt.edu.my with the message “I pledge NOT to eat turtle or terrapin eggs for the rest of my life” together with your full name and MyKad number (needed for authentication).
2. Download the Pledge Form (Word doc) and get your family members, school mates, colleagues, neighbours, ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends, Facebook and MySpace friends, Twitter followers and anybody else you can think of, to sign the form and then send it back to the address indicated at the bottom of the form. And yes, you can make as many copies of the form as you like.
3. Blog about the campaign — Download the “Help Save Our Turtles” poster (pictured above) and blog about the campaign. Invite your blog readers and visitors to sign the pledge and get them to spread the word too! 
Thank you very much!
da tiny greenish creature so cute la
i dont know its name though but annant would make a great name
Thanks for putting this up, Bengbeng!
And, the tiny greenish turtle is a red eared slider. It is a nuisance because it is not native to Malaysia. If it is ever released into the drain/river, it will cause problems to our local turtles.