What a smell! Dead turtles make residents gag!

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What a smell! Dead turtles make residents gag!


Image: Thairath

BANGKOK: -- Authorities were called in to investigate some terrible smells emanating from wasteland in Lam Luk Ka Soi 16 yesterday. They found 100 dead turtles rotting in bags.

A digger was used to clear up the frightful smell that had been drifting over in the area of the local temple of Posop Poncharoen and its school after several complaints, Thairath reports.

But it was soon discovered that the temple itself was to blame for the stench. Raweng Choamngam, 79, who sells food to feed turtles at the temple said that an unusually large number had died in recent weeks, perhaps due to the hot weather.

Local municipal officials reminded people at the temple to call them in for proper disposal of dead animals in the future.

Source: Thairath

-- 2016-04-19

[ratcatcher]

"Raweng Choamngam, 79, who sells food to feed turtles at the temple said that an unusually large number had died in recent weeks, perhaps due to the hot weather."

Too bad he didn't have the aforethought to see that they were either buried or cremated. Too bad the Wat didn't have enough water to keep them alive.

[worgeordie]

Just throw the dead ones away,and get some new ones,making money

is more important than the welfare of the turtles.

regards Worgeordie

[Scouse Twoccer]

"Raweng Choamngam, 79, who sells food to feed turtles at the temple said that an unusually large number had died in recent weeks, perhaps due to the hot weather."

Too bad he didn't have the aforethought to see that they were either buried or cremated. Too bad the Wat didn't have enough water to keep them alive.

Too bad that the only one to blame a shortage of water was you.

[Moonmoon]

Could it be an epidemic virus spread among the turtles in the WAT? health officials should investigate it more thoroughly and clean up the place properly to prevent spread of it to other turtles or animals and possibly humans. 100s of turtles dead no cause for alarm yet?

[johnnytuc]

i read somewhere that 50% of the turtle population around the Thai coast have been wiped out , with the main reason quoted the swallowing of plastic bags, mistaken for jelly fish, which are a favourite meal of these graceful creatures. But in Thailand who cares.

[bark]

Could it be an epidemic virus spread among the turtles in the WAT? health officials should investigate it more thoroughly and clean up the place properly to prevent spread of it to other turtles or animals and possibly humans. 100s of turtles dead no cause for alarm yet?

They should turn them all into soup; to feed the poor people. Very good.

[tuanku]

i read somewhere that 50% of the turtle population around the Thai coast have been wiped out , with the main reason quoted the swallowing of plastic bags, mistaken for jelly fish, which are a favourite meal of these graceful creatures. But in Thailand who cares.

Isn't Lam Luk Ka just East of Bangkok? If so I doubt these were sea turtles.

I beg to differ with your analysis of the reason for the loss of sea turtles. While plastic bags are certainly a factor. I would say the main reasons for their decline are 1. the loss of the beaches they used to use for breeding

2. the stealing of their eggs for food by fishermen

3. overfishing and turtles caught in nets (they are not released but brought in and sold for food)

I was following a Chinese tour bus down the motorway towards Pattaya when a police car decided to stop it, as it was pulling over a large live sea turtle was ejected from the bus and went cartwheeling along the road into the ditch. Surreal.

[jacko45k]

Just throw the dead ones away,and get some new ones,making money

is more important than the welfare of the turtles.

regards Worgeordie

it is tempting to say also more important than the underlying doctrine and religion too!

[puukao]

Where are the vegans protesting???

they come to Thailand and smile while buying cheap mango shakes...

I am a real activist.

I will go live with the turtles

please send me 10,000,000 baht for my expenses