Symbol copyright Reuters Symbol caption The Mexican army despatched a ship to analyze what can have killed the turtles
Fishermen within the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have found about 300 useless sea turtles entangled in fishing nets.
The to find comes just days after another 102 olive ridley turtles were discovered useless in neighbouring Chiapas state.
Olive ridley turtles, which lay their eggs at the beaches of a bunch of Mexican states between Might and September, are thought to be to be dealing with a top risk of extinction within the wild.
The explanation for their loss of life remains to be below research.
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it’s not transparent whether or not they were given stuck in the nets at the same time as nonetheless alive or had been already useless after they was entangled.
Image copyright AFP Image caption The olive ridley turtles come to Mexico’s Pacific beaches to lay their eggs
Mavens say they might had been killed through destructive algae, fish hooks or may have suffocated whilst trapped in the nets.
Mexico banned the seize of sea turtles in 1990 and there are stiff penalties for any individual killing them.
A specialized federal lawyer is investigating the case.
