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On June 16, World Turtle Day, thousands of letters bound in dozens of four- inch thick binders were hand delivered to President Barack Obama and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker demanding legislation to protect endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
A group of children hand delivered dozens of binders containing more than 12,500 letters demanding legislation to require protection for sea turtles from shrimp trawling nets to the White House.
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