Turkish gendarmerie frees 7,500 poached frogs

[Saithan]

Gendarmerie in central Turkey on Oct. 17 freed 7,500 frogs that had been destined for export.

Gendarmerie officers in Gülşehir, in the heart of the popular tourism region of Cappadocia in Nevşsehir province, found the amphibians in dozens of nets when they stopped a minibus during a routine vehicle stop.

Five men detained for trafficking the frogs told officers they caught the frogs in the Kızılırmak river basin, a gendarmerie official said.

They said they were transporting the frogs to the southern province of Adana, where they intended to sell them to an exporter, the official added on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.

Hasan Hüseyin Doğançay, head of the district livestock agency, oversaw the release of the frogs back into the Kızılırmak river.

He said it was the first time he had encountered such large-scale poaching.

“We just released the frogs back to nature because they were caught without permission and outside permitted hunting areas,” he told Anadolu Agency.

Turkey has a number of licensed frog hunters who usually sell their catches to the French or Chinese markets.

source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-gendarmerie-frees-7-500-poached-frogs-120989
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Well, it's different kind of news, but goes to show that our Gendarmerie is doing good things besides killing PKK and such.

But poaching is a problem, and I was thinking that one of our defense firms should be able to make a radar that could pick up a cellphone in an area and transmit the owners information to the nearest police or authorities.

ppl poaching, or smuggling would still carry a cellphone, so it should be possible to locate these devices. Since almost all new smart phones have integrated battery it's not possible to take them out .

 

[Joe Shearer]

Expect a lot of deaths due to hunger in France.

 

[Pax Ottomana]

Expect a lot of deaths due to hunger in France.

Hahhaha. That cracked me up.

 

[Vergennes]

Expect a lot of deaths due to hunger in France.

 

[what]

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[Joe Shearer]

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DAMN! BUSTED!

OK, it's a fair cop. Don't hit me, I'll come peaceably.

WHAT were you doing, looking at this thread?

 

[T-123456]

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He was the best.

Expect a lot of deaths due to hunger in France.

See,thats how we get them.

 

[Vergennes]

DAMN! BUSTED!

OK, it's a fair cop. Don't hit me, I'll come peaceably.

WHAT were you doing, looking at this thread?

Ach,everytime there's the word frog,grenouille lovers aren't always far away.

Good job by the Turkish Gendarmerie ! Over here if you asked to our Gendarmes what happened to the thousands of frogs seized,they would answer "What frogs" ? "We never saw frogs" ? "What is a frog ?".

 

[Joe Shearer]

Ach,everytime there's the word frog,grenouille lovers aren't always far away.

Good job by the Turkish Gendarmerie ! Over here if you asked to our Gendarmes what happened to the thousands of frogs seized,they would answer "What frogs" ? "We never saw frogs" ? "What is a frog ?".

I see the point.

I tried to look it up. Was the film The Gendarme of St. Tropez, with Louis Funes in the lead? Looks like nice slapstick humour.

 

[Mr.Department]

Ach,everytime there's the word frog,grenouille lovers aren't always far away.

Good job by the Turkish Gendarmerie ! Over here if you asked to our Gendarmes what happened to the thousands of frogs seized,they would answer "What frogs" ? "We never saw frogs" ? "What is a frog ?".

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