FWD: 3,000 rare turtles dead in east India

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Friday, January 10, 2003

3,000 rare turtles dead in east India

 

 

NEW DELHI: More than 3,000 Olive Ridley rare turtles have died on the coast of

eastern India & #8217;s Orissa state, a newspaper reported yesterday.

 

The Times of India, quoting a study conducted by the Wildlife Protection

Society of India, said the Orissa coastline was once again “dotted with the

bodies of thousands of Olive Ridleys”.

 

The rare species of turtle died mostly due to “suffocation in the nets of

mechanised trawlers”, the report said.

 

Orissa is one of the few places in the world that witnesses the congregation of

thousands of these turtles annually, it added.

 

“More than 100,000 turtles have perished in the last decade, 16,000 last year

itself,” the report said. & #8211; AFP

 

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