16 Olive Ridleys Freed From Trawl Net Near Ennore

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.

- SV Krishna Chaitanya @Chennai

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