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Former poachers now helping to save endangered turtles

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A turtle's journey from nest to sea is one of the most dangerous it will do.
A turtle’s journey from nest to sea is one of the most dangerous it will do.

Former poachers have been drafted into the struggle to save endangered turtles from extinction. Many of them used to catch the green sea turtles for meat – or for sale. Now they’re helping newborns leave their nest, to make it to the Indian Ocean alive. CCTV’s Dan Ashby reports.

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