The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is sounding the alarm after busting an illegal turtle trade. Experts say people buying them as pets are a big part of the problem.

A Virginia man who caught and sold wild turtles has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trafficking the reptiles. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:56:29 GMT (1750110989876) Story Infinite Scroll ...

Stanlee Fazi admitted that he had bound the turtles in socks and shipped them from his Virginia home, making about $12,700 in the scheme, the Justice Department said.

It weighed 57 pounds, with a shell length of roughly 18 inches. And although Virginia hasn’t ever maintained records for giant snapping turtles, Marshall still wanted someone with the state to come ...

A small crowd formed near Buff’s Community Garden along the Oceanfront early Wednesday morning. Inside a couple buckets, two ...

While it is not illegal to catch and eat snapping turtles in Virginia, there are strict regulations on doing so, and “shooting them and walking away is certainly not legal,” Riley said.

A homeowner in Chesterfield, Virginia, found a rather prehistoric looking creature in their yard last Friday: a massive common snapping turtle. The turtle, which weighed 48.6 pounds, is “the ...

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking turtles. Stanlee Fazi, 41, of Louisa, Virginia, admitted that between July 31, 2017, and June 29, 2020, he illegally collected ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who caught and sold wild turtles has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trafficking the reptiles. Stanlee Fazi, 41, of Louisa, Virginia, admitted ...