300 Endangered Sea Turtles Killed in Illegal Fishing Net Off Mexico's Pacific Coast

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By Lorraine ChowAug 29, 2018, 1:12 pm85 pts
Fishermen found roughly 300 dead sea turtles off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico on Tuesday. The olive ridley turtles, which Mexico classifies as being at risk of extinction, were entangled in an abandoned illegal fishing net, Reuters reported. Olive ridleys, named for their greenish skin and shell,…

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