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| Turtle eggs galore along Puducherry |
| Fishermen in Veerampattinam displaying turtle eggs unearthed from a burrow
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| INDIA
, 26-February-2007
2:42:36 AM |
| Several nesting areas of turtles have been found along the Puducherry coast in the last three months.
Conservationists and fishermen found turtle eggs in burrows along the coast in Veerampattinam, Murthikuppam and Manapet fishing hamlets. But they could not be hatched as the fishermen sold them to the nearby arrack shops.
The latest find was in Veerampattinam on Friday. The fishermen found the burrows when they were searching for crabs. They said the eggs would be handed over to the Forest department.
However, P. Devaraj, Deputy Conservator of Forest said, "We haven't got any information from local people. Several burrows were found in the past three months but before we could protect the eggs, they were sold," he said.
The department was planning an awareness programme on allowing the eggs to hatch. They would be bought from the fishermen and an artificial rookery set up at Manapet.
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