Hong Kong (CNN)There’s only one place left on Earth where a critically endangered species of freshwater turtle is known to survive in the wild: Hong Kong.

Golden coin turtles are native to the metropolis’ natural streams and surrounding vegetation but are so rare it’s almost impossible to see one in the wild. Turtle traps, on the other hand, can readily be found.
Poachers capture the reptiles to sell as pets, food or use in traditional Chinese medicine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_coin_turtle
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/27/asia/golden-coin-turtle-hong-kong-intl/index.html
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5962/97360008

dv said:

Hong Kong (CNN)There’s only one place left on Earth where a critically endangered species of freshwater turtle is known to survive in the wild: Hong Kong.

Golden coin turtles are native to the metropolis’ natural streams and surrounding vegetation but are so rare it’s almost impossible to see one in the wild. Turtle traps, on the other hand, can readily be found.
Poachers capture the reptiles to sell as pets, food or use in traditional Chinese medicine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_coin_turtle
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/27/asia/golden-coin-turtle-hong-kong-intl/index.html
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5962/97360008

“It hybridizes vigorously with its relatives in captivity and in the wild, and hybrids may be fertile.”

No so at risk, then.

perhaps the species could be preserved through a careful programme of controlled breeding and sustainable utilisation

SCIENCE said:

perhaps the species could be preserved through a careful programme of controlled breeding and sustainable utilisation

If there is somewhere left to release them into.