MALAYSIA: Conservationists' last-ditch bid to save giant turtles
Updated
An urgent meeting is underway in Malaysia to try to save the giant leatherback turtle. Tens of thousands of the massive turtles used to delight tourists as they inched laboriously up the beaches of Malaysia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and other nations to lay their eggs. But today barely 5,000 of the turtles survive in the wild. This week's meeting in Malaysia is a desperate bid to save the leatherbacks from disappearing altogether.
Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speakers: Conference spokesman Peter Dutton
