A California man faces federal prison time after authorities busted an alleged scheme to smuggle nearly 300 protected turtles ...

Donald Do allegedly sought to export 292 loggerhead musk turtles under the false claim they had been captive-bred ...

California Man Charged With Trying to Smuggle 292 Protected Turtles to Taiwan ...

A Daly City man was arrested this week after getting caught up in a national multi-agency law enforcement operation aimed at ...

Prosecutors said a man from Daly City bought loggerhead musk turtles poached from the wild in Florida and other states from ...

Authorities said Donald Do of Daly City and an accomplice allegedly attempted to export the loggerhead musk turtles to Taiwan ...

Albert Bazaar allegedly sold protected Florida turtles to an exporter who shipped them to Taiwan's pet trade, falsely claiming they were captive-bred to obtain permits.

Despite a heralded push to protect them, loggerhead musk turtles remain an alluring target for traffickers.