This turtle was wild caught, dragged ashore and was brutally slaughtered, all the while writhing in agony. Some government officials in Kerela India are encouraging this practice as a source of income in impoverished areas. All for its flesh.
All animals who are killed to be food for humans suffer throughout their lives and all writhe in agony at slaughter. Because you don't see the slaughter of animals killed for food, is it any less horrible? Does the kind of animal being slaughtered matter to you?