We had the meeting with Tesco's Corporate Responsibility Director, and one of her colleagues yesterday. Another two and a half hour session!
Though not itself conclusive, it is clear that the pressure from members of the public here in the UK is definitely ringing bells at the highest levels in their organisation. It was agreed that their 20 million UK customers does mean rather more than the return on their sale of 100,000 live Turtles in China in the last year of operations. However, no decision has been made to withdraw at this time.
No doubt that further work is required, and continued support to the "Care for the Wild" petition is still necessary.
For latest information;
www.careforthewild.com