Over 500 Endangered Sea Turtles Found Dead Along Chennai Coastline

Govind Tekale

Over 500 sea turtles found dead along Chennai coastline from Marina to Kovalam and Pulicat within 15 days.

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Commercial gillnets and squid nets emerge as traps for endangered sea turtles, who need to surface every 40-45 minutes to breathe.

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Sea turtle expert Supraja Dharini spots telltale drowning signs - bulging eyes and swollen necks on numerous turtle carcasses

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SSTCN volunteers document 185 dead turtles between Marina and Neelankarai since January 1, with most bodies showing no external wounds.

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Lack of awareness among non-local trawl boat workers poses severe threat to Olive Ridley turtles despite training programs for Tamil fishermen

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Wildlife Warden Manish Meena faces challenge in determining exact death causes due to severely decomposed turtle carcasses washing ashore.

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Conservation experts point to prolonged underwater entanglement leading to oxygen depletion as primary cause behind turtle deaths.

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Carcasses of turtles that likely drowned far from the coastline wash ashore days later.

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Wildlife officials and fisheries department launch awareness programmes in Ennore and Besant Nagar, planning expansion to Kovalam area.

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