The manager of a terrapin farm in North Korea has reportedly been executed for failing to adequately supply the animals’ tanks with enough food and water
which lead to the death of many baby terrapins.Kim Jong-un visited the Taedonggang Terrapin Farm in May he criticised the officials at the farm for their failure to keep the tanks adequately supplied, the manager attempted to explain to Mr Kim that the lack of supply was due to issues with the electricity, water and equipment. Mr Kim dismissed these causes as “nonsensical complaints”.
At the time, North Korea’s official media outlet reported that Mr Kim had been upset at the farm’s failure to breed freshwater lobsters from a number of crustaceans that had been delivered to the farm two years previously.
The official report issued after Mr Kim’s inspection had put the workers’ failings down to a “manifestation of incompetence, outmoded way of thinking and irresponsible work style”.It is understood that the manager was shot shortly after this visit, the Daily NK reports, citing multiple sources.