Three turtle carcasses found on Kerteh beach in Terengganu

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The carcasses of three male loggerhead turtles have been found on Chakar Forest beach, Kerteh, Kemaman by the Marine Conservation and Research Association Malaysia (Pulihara) within 31 hours.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3b6rnum7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Marine Conservation and Research Association Malaysia, Pulihara,

00:05has discovered the carcasses of three male loggerhead turtles on Chakar Forest Beach, Kerteh, within 31 hours.

00:13Pulihara field assistant Amira Hassana Azaman said the first carcass was found at 12.50 am on Friday

00:20during a routine patrol for nesting turtles.

00:23The second was discovered at 8.56 pm the same night, and the third at 7.20 am on Saturday.

00:31All three were found within a 500-metre radius.

00:35The first two turtles were sub-adults, while the third was a 97-centimetre-long adult.

00:42Examinations revealed the first two turtles had been dead for one to two days,

00:47while the third had been dead for a week, as its skin had peeled off.

00:51The cause of death for the first two remains unknown due to severe bloating,

00:56but the third likely became entangled in a stingray net, as indicated by marks on its shell and neck.

01:03Pulihara suspects irresponsible parties attempted to remove the turtle from the net.

01:08Pulihara has reported the discovery to the Turtle Conservation and Information Centre and will bury the carcasses.

01:15This marks the first recorded case of turtle deaths by Pulihara this year,

01:20as the turtle landing season has just begun, following the northeast monsoon's resting phase.

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