Sea turtle saved after eating fishing net and plastic off Pattaya coast

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Sea turtle saved after eating fishing net and plastic off Pattaya coast

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: Sea Turtles Conservation Centre of the Royal Thai Navy

 

A Green Sea Turtle has been saved after eating bits of a fishing net and plastic in Pattaya last week.

 

The Sea Turtles Conservation Centre of the Royal Thai Navy reports that they were notified by hotel staff in Pattaya that a sea turtle was found on the beach.

 

The Green Sea turtle was 59 centimetres wide, 54 centimetres long and weighed 22 kilograms. It was believed to be around eight to ten years old.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/sea-turtle-saved-after-eating-fishing-net-and-plastic-off-pattaya-coast

 

 

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[mikebell]

In Thailand it's either burn all plastic/refuse and kill millions of humans from respiratory diseases or let turtles eat it?