Endangered turtles found

At the southern Pacific coast they found 300 dead sea turtles, in illegal fishing nets.  The turtles were very badly decomposed.  They were already dead for about 8 days before people found them.  Toxic algae or hooks which are illegal could have been in the net which could have killed the turtles.  The Mexican police set penalties if they find the criminals who killed the turtles.  This made the water very disgusting and bad for the environment.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/endangered-sea-turtles-dead-mexico-illegal-fishing-net/

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  1. AnonymousAugust 29, 2018 at 5:31 PM

    Another thing to think about would be that the decomposing turtles could cause disease that could be transmitted to other sea life and that other sea life could eat the sea turtles causing sickness. I know from experience because at BCTC we'e had a fish been eaten by the others and when we found it you could tell that it was because the stomach area of the fish had been eaten and its internal organs or what was left of them were floating in the water along with the fish. I know its a morbid picture in your brain but it is possible.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 31, 2018 at 6:04 AM

    The killing of these sea turtles is a bad thing, since they are already endangered. Fishermen in areas that these turtles live should be more careful about accidentally harming them. More patrolling of these waters could help stop the problem of illegal fishing, and could further save more turtles.

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