Desert Tortoise - Lawsuits

Lawsuits

In the summer of 2010, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit against the National Park Service for not taking measure to manage tortoise hunting in the Mojave National Preserve of California. Biologists discovered numerous gunshot wounds on dead turtle shells. These shells left behind by hunters attracted ravens and threatened the healthy tortoises.

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