Under Philippine environmental protection laws, hunting or consuming sea turtles is illegal but they are still eaten as a traditional delicacy in some communities.

At least three people were killed and 32 hospitalized in the southern Philippines at the weekend after eating a local dish prepared with sea turtle, an endangered species.

Three people died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle prepared as a stew, local officials said.

Three people died and at least 32 others were hospitalized in the Philippines after eating sea turtle stew known as adobo, a traditional Filipino dish.

Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew. Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such as diarrhoea,

Three people are dead, and more than 30 others have been hospitalized after they ate sea turtle stew in the Phillippines last week. According to the BBC, the people who consumed the sea turtle stew were in the seaside town of Maguindanao del Norte Province.

At least three people died and dozens more were hospitalized in the Philippines after eating stew made with the meat of an endangered sea turtle. Officials say at least 32 members of the Teduray indigenous tribe were hospitalized with symptoms including vomiting,