Thailand’s plastic-filled seas claim another endangered turtle

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Thailand’s plastic-filled seas claim another endangered turtle

PATTAYA:--Pattaya – Thailand’s plastic-filled oceans claimed another endangered sea turtle that confused trash for food.

 

Veterinarians from Sattahip’s Sea Turtle Conservation Center were called to Somprasong Beach in Najomtien’s Moo 3 village on July 22.

 

Vet Kirin Sorapitatcharoen confirmed the death of the eight-kilogram reptile, which measured 41 centimeters long. It had been dead about a week and its shell was broken from decomposition.

 

An autopsy determined that the turtle died from eating garbage, including plastic bags, which turtles confuse for jellyfish.

 

See more: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/thailands-plastic-filled-seas-claim-another-endangered-turtle-260268

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-07-24—