Berhampur: Around 150 carcasses of Olive Ridley turtles have been washed ashore near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district, a major mass nesting site of the endangered species, in the last one month. Forest officials found at least eight dead turtles on Monday.
"Most of the carcasses were found in decomposed state. We suspected these were washed ashore to Ganjam coast from Astaranga area in Puri district, where a number of turtles were found dead recently," said divisional forest officer, (DFO) Berhampur, S S Mishra.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hundreds-dead-olive-ridley-turtles-washed-ashore
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganjam
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/puri-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bay-bengal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kendrapara-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
