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16 Olive Ridleys Freed From Trawl Net Near Ennore
The New Indian Express Madurai
|February 03, 2025
For the first time since the crisis of mass Olive Ridley turtle deaths broke out, a joint night patrol team on Saturday rescued and released 16 of the endangered turtles entangled in a trawl net off the Chennai coast.
Experts said this is the first evidence that the turtle deaths are caused by bottom trawlers. Chennai Wildlife Warden Manish Meena told TNIE the patrol team intercepted a trawl boat operating within the prohibited zone of 5 nautical mile
This story is from the February 03, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Madurai.
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