Olive Ridley turtle deaths jump to 900, TN to cancel licence of violating trawlers

AS many as 50 Olive Ridley turtle carcasses washed up ashore on Friday, many of which were mothers, their bodies still carrying hundreds of unlaid eggs, as in-situ necropsy revealed.

- SV KRISHNA CHAITANYA

Nearly 1,000 turtles have perished this nesting season in Chennai and Chengalpattu coasts- an unprecedented loss.

Of the 50 new carcasses of the endangered turtle that beached ashore, 31 were found between Besant Nagar and Neelankarai and were relatively fresh.