Category Turtles

Officials are trying to determine if the turtle deaths are linked to the BP oil spill in the Gulf that happened in 2010, WLOX-TV reports.   Wendy Hatchett, IMMS veterinarian technician, said the spike in deaths has officials concerned. She…

Sea turtles have appeared dead in waters of Banderas Bay and beaches of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.   The bodies of nearly 80 reptiles were located until Monday afternoon.   Juan José Navarro, ecology and environment, said that “turtles 79 that…

  Personnel of federal agencies only buried the turtles that are coming out of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Guerrero, without investigating the causes of the deaths and hiding the gravity of the case, it is…

Around 80 Olive Ridley turtles were found dead near Jatadhari river mouth on Paradip beach recently. The turtles were found floating off the Paradip coast which is close to Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, the biggest rookery for Olive Ridley sea turtles.…

  Ahead of the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles, at least 40 turtles of the endangered species were found dead along the beach of Odisha’s Pilgrim Town Puri.   Carcasses of the endangered turtles were spotted along the coast…

Juvenile green sea turtles are washing up on local beaches — dead or in distress — at an alarming rate this year, experts say.   The Clearwater Marine Aquarium has picked up more than 129 dead and 93 living sea…

Mexican environmental authorities attributed the death of 118 sea turtles off the coast of the State of Oaxaca, in the southwest of the country to a parasite.   According to the environmental Prosecutor’s office, studies and analyses that were conducted…

Around 445 turtles marine dead were found in beaches in Guerrero in recent weeks, so the Federal Attorney for the environment (Profepa) protection and the National Commission of natural protected Areas (Conanp), investigated the causes of mortality.   It’s copies…

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Residents of the communities of Nuxco, El Carrizal of tape long, Michigan and the jars, in this municipality, reported that since a week ago dozens of turtles appear dead to the sea shore. Locals say that the turtle mortality is…