According to sources from Vizagapatinam dead Olive Ridley turtles continue to wash up at beaches across Visakhapatnam with five more turtles washing ashore at the city's RK Beach on Sunday. Meanwhile the animal rights activists say this is not necessarily cause for panic and activists who work with authorities say that it is common for a few deaths to be reported every year.



Sources have stated that at this time of the year, several thousand turtles swim to the shore to lay their eggs, and many dead ones also wash ashore. Pradeep Kumar Nath, one of the founders of the Visakha Society for Protection and Care of Animals (VSPCA) "More deaths would indicate that more turtles are coming to lay their nests. They are vulnerable creatures with low survival rates, but there are other reasons as well".

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Furthermore VSPCA said that the three main reasons for the dead carcasses of Olive Ridleys are loss of habitats, trawling activities, and pollution caused by industries. Previously VSPCA recorded a whopping 100% increase in nesting from 343 in 2015-2016 to 705 in 2016-2017.

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