THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Dead Green Turtle found on Trat beach with plastic-stuffed stomach

Dead Green Turtle found on Trat beach with plastic-stuffed stomach

A Green Turtle was found dead on a beach in Trat province on Friday.

Local residents found the dead turtle on Ban Ta Nuek Beach in Tambon Klong Yai of Klong Yai district.
It was 5.15 centimetres in length and appeared to be around five or six years old, officials said.
They cut open the sea creature’s stomach and found plastic bags and pieces of ropes and nets, along with some oyster shells.
The officials took tissue samples from its front leg and kept the stomach contents to send to the Rayong Marine and Coastal Resources research and development centre for further study.
The carcass was buried at the beach.

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