Millions of turtles in Asia are destined, every year, to end up in the pot, especially in China, a scenario that causes great distress to conservationists.
More than 10 years ago, New York writer Richard Ogust was in a restaurant in Chinatown when he decided to rescue one little turtle that was heading towards the soup pot, paying $20 for it.
He probably had no idea that this small act of compassion would spiral into an obsessive mission to rescue turtles, which over five years cost him some $500,000, and put his career and life on hold.
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