Snapping turtle hunt banned in Ontario....finally!

[Catherine]

When I heard that the snapping turtle hunt was banned, I was stunned by the fact that they were ever hunted legally.
It takes 20 years for a turtle to reach maturity and they can have a life span of 100 years. How can anyone ever have been allowed to hunt them.


http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0


Of course the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is against the ban. They don't believe that snapping turtles are endangered.
Yes they are right that the roads kill more turtles, but we can ban hunting, we can't ban roads. We may be able to do something to protect snapping turtles from becoming road kill. We can do something to protect them from hunting.  This ban will save snapping turtle lives and every life is precious and important to the survival of the species.