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Kakinada, Sept. 10: The wildlife divisional forest officer (DFO), Mr K. Govinda Rao, claims the department has been taking all necessary precautions for the safety of the turtles during the nesting season. "We post guards along the coast in the nesting season to curtail the menace of foxes and dogs," he said.

Kakinada, Sept. 10: There has been a sharp decline in the number of sea turtles in the coastal areas and there are fears that proposed coastal corridor may drive them to extinction. As such, the rapid industrialisation along the coast, poaching and consumption of eggs and meat are posing a huge threat to the sea turtles, including the rare Olive Ridley species. A large number of turtles also die after being trapped in the nets of fishing trawlers and big mechanised boats.

Mumbai, September 02 A stray Olive Ridley turtle rescued from the Juhu beach in June and which was being treated at the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) hospital, died recently, the hospital officials said. The endangered animal, found by civic workers on June 29, had one of its limbs missing and showed signs of chronic illness since the day it was admitted to the hospital, they said.

Mumbai, August 26 NGO says Tata's project to develop Dhamra port on Orrisa coast will affect breeding of Olive Ridley turtles
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed environment NGO Greenpeace to hold silent and peaceful demonstration near the venue of Tata Steel's Annual General Meeting in the city on August 28.

Justice V M Kanade, however, restrained the NGO from assembling at residences of the company's directors or at Bombay House, headquarters of Tata Group.

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Dhamra project in Orissa a threat to environment, says Greenpace

Environmentalists' concern: Greenpeace activists stage a sit-in outside the Tata Group headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday in protest against the company's upcoming port at Dhamra in Orissa. Greenpeace has been campaigning against the port which, it says, is too close to the nesting grounds of the highly endangered Olive Ridley turtles.