20 turtles and other marine animals wash up dead in Santa Rosalia, Mexico

turtle mortality santa rosalia
Recently, a number of social network users have shown images which are seen to dead sea turtles on beaches of Santa Rosalia, municipality of Mulege, some are “aboyando” on the banks and other state critical, about to die, so make an urgent appeal to the authorities to take action on the matter.
 
The Sudcaliorniano reports that fishermen and even swimmers, have witnessed the death of turtles, and some have shown videos where at various points of the beaches from Santa Maria to Playas Negras and waters of El Morro, and even in the path island San Marcos – San Bruno, where knowledge that between 15 and 20 copies of turtles floating dead in the water was.
 
what kind of turtle species is unknown causes are those that are dying, and; even under this environment, users themselves have also shared pictures of birds, pigeons and gulls dead, and realize a plague of sulfur in these areas.
 
Meanwhile, Voice of Mulege documents the case of a dead sea turtle, about 40 kilos, beachfront restaurant Selene in Santa Rosalia, the photo is Monday, around 17:30 hours; by this means, staff of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) are in this municipal seat investigating the causes of this phenomenon, ensuring that it has already released at least 20 cases.
 
According to this medium, it has been found dead turtles on the beach Santa Maria north of Santa Rosalia; on the beach Sneak peak; dead on the shore of the sea wall; and 10 more in Los Frailes, among others;   and other species lifeless as a sea lion on the island of San Marcos; a whale in the estuary of the ejido San Lucas, and another on the beach in Punta Chivato.
Courtesy of bcsnoticias.mx

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