Magdalena river turtle is declining for sex related medicine

Magdalena river turtle is most endangered river turtle in the religion is North Western Colombia. In recent years its population has shrunk by more than 80%. These ancient turtles 100 million years old. These turtles are critically endangered and reason behind is hunting, habitat destruction, environmental changes. Rehabilitation actions has done to save this critically endanger species with help of both local community as well as government level legislations.  ^[1]Forero-Medina, German; Páez, Vivian P.; Garcés-Restrepo, Mario F.; Carr, John L.; Giraldo, Alan; Vargas-Ramírez, Mario (2016). “Research and Conservation Priorities for Tortoises and … Continue reading ^[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_River_turtle

Classification of Magdalena river turtle

Kingdom : Animilia

Phylum : Cordata

Class : Reptilia

Order : Testudines

Family : Podocnemididae

Genus : Podocnemies

Species: Lewyana

Why Magdalena river turtle is declining

The basic reason of declining of this endanger species of turtle is illegally hunting.

It is a common thing in Colombia that people there catch this river turtle and eat it regardless of whether it is a cure for a disease or not. It is caught and killed and eat for sexual power increase. People in this area believe that there are factors in meat, fat and body parts that can make their sexual system stronger. Similarly, women whose has inability to offspring born, After eating its flesh, they are able to have offspring, but the Magdalena river turtle has to suffer the consequences.

That is, over time, when the erectile muscles of the male decrease in function, a large number of them fall prey to it in order to increase its activity.

On the other hand, since it is known to solve sexual problems, people catch it illegally and sell it in other areas and make money from it. 

Animal protection agencies, as well as the local government, have taken drastic measures against this destructive act, but more importantly, to save this species, people need to be made aware that don’t kill this animal for human sexual lust. the right to live. Magdalena river turtle has also right to live on earth. ^[3]Ceballos, Claudia P.; Romero, Isabel; Gómez-Saldarriaga, Catalina; Miranda, Karla (2014). “REPRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE MAGDALENA RIVER TURTLE (Podocnemis lewyana) IN THE CLAROCOCORNÁ … Continue reading 

Thanks for photo ^[4]By D. Gordon E. Robertson – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50244600

Written by: Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Ahsan

Reviewed by:
Dr. Muhammad Tahir Ph.D. (PU)
Post Doctorate
American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA