article_snippet.sent: A customer inspects an endangered Western-painted turtle at Qingping market.
article_snippet.sent: It is illegal to breed endangered turtles for commercial gain, however there are 600million turtles in farms throughout China.
article_snippet.sent: A red-eared slider turtle tries to escape from A red-eared slider turtle net at Huangsha Market.
article_snippet.sent: A sign advertising critically endangered big-headed turtles for sale.
article_snippet.sent: There are 99 species of turtles traded in Guangzhou alone.
article_snippet.sent: Turtles are used in a wide range of applications from pets and ornaments to food and medicine .