Tourists stealing sand, shells and glass

[Charles4515]

Please don’t be one of the tourists taking sand, shells and sea glass from Bermuda beaches. 
 

http://mobile.royalgazette.com/news/article/20191220/tourists-stealing-tonnes-of-pink-sand&template=mobileart

Edited December 20, 2019 by Charles4515

[marci22]

I don't do it anymore but I have done in the distant past. Who knew. I do find it problematic that pink sand and sea glass items are sold in tourist shops. If you want people to view something as a protected resource, everyone has to protect it.

[CILCIANRQTS]

Would you have everyone “pinky swear” that they won’t take sand, shells or sea glass??

This is a bit of a tempest in a teapot...

[njhorseman]

2 hours ago, CILCIANRQTS said:

Would you have everyone “pinky swear” that they won’t take sand, shells or sea glass??

This is a bit of a tempest in a teapot...

It's not a tempest in a teapot to the government of Bermuda.

 

Please have some respect for the laws of the countries you visit. 

[latebloomer56]

Our tour guide gave everybody on the bus a small bag of pink sand a few years back, never gave it a thought then, but now. The sea glass is on private land (found this out when I checked on where to look) so never bothered to trespass when a friends asked me to bring her home some. As for shells I don't bother have plenty but I did take some small rocks years ago that were different. I generally take any small odd stones when I travel (except from Hawaii could be volcanic and cursed). Never gave rocks/stones a thought either, but have one from Bermuda from 22 years ago that's enough.

Thanks for sharing this.