The Department of Marine and Fisheries, which protects animals, is involved in the investigation.

Video of the fur turtle being slaughtered was circulated online yesterday, Zhanjiang Daily reported. Video shows a giant turtle tied to a board car by nearly a dozen people on a board car in the former mountain town of Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, and then slaughtered and sold for 70 yuan per kilogram, which locals snapped up and soon sold out. It is understood that this turtle for the country's second-class protection animal leather turtle, weighing about 416 pounds, after-sale sellers can get about 20,000 yuan income.
, according to professionals, leather-ringed turtles due to improper conservation, extremely rare in Chinese waters, China has not long had a living record of leather-skin turtles. The provincial department of oceans and fisheries learned of the situation, said that it will send a working group on fisheries law enforcement to the scene to guide the investigation, while asking Zhanjiang City marine and fisheries authorities in cooperation with the relevant functional departments to seriously investigate the incident, such as suspected crimes to jointly investigate and handle cases by public security organs. At present, the incident is following up the investigation, if there are findings will be released in a timely manner.