Conservation put first as turtles returned

Customs officers from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have returned more than 200 endangered black pond turtles that had been smuggled into the country from Pakistan.

It is the first time China has sent back smuggled rare animals to their source country.

The animals were handed over to Pakistani officials in the Khunjerab Pass that links the two countries on Monday, and will be set free in a national park near Karachi.