Hong Kong finds the body of rare green turtles stuffed with plastic waste
Hong Kong finds the body of rare green turtles stuffed with plastic waste
The body of a green turtle has been found dead in the stomach of a green sea turtle in the city of sai kung, Hong Kong, according to the news network on October 28. Environmental groups say Marine waste is seriously harming Marine ecosystems.
According to Hong Kong in the south China morning post website reported on October 27th, green sea turtles are endangered species, the world is only about 200000 female turtles, lay eggs, in the iucn red list of endangered species, is listed as endangered species. In 1989, it was listed as a class II protected animal in the national wildlife directory, jointly issued by the ministry of forestry and the ministry of agriculture.
Comprehensive Hong Kong media reported that on October 24, Hong Kong people miss huang in Saigon ash seed beach found a corpse of green sea turtles, and contact with Hong Kong afcd, hope the department to follow up. On October 25, the body of the green sea turtle suspected of being dragged to the ground by wild dogs near the beach, and the entrails were exposed from the inner body. By observing the carcass of the green sea turtle, the turtle's stomach was filled with garbage from the ocean, including plastic ropes and plastic wrapping paper.
Miss huang said she was shocked by the plight of the green sea turtle. "I am angry at the destruction of the Marine ecology, and I am sorry that humans have directly or indirectly pushed Marine life into the present predicament."
Reported that the discovery of the bodies of green sea turtles, WWF Hong Kong (WWF) project manager () off the coast of a breeding jonsson 颕 said, this is the first time confirmed that the turtle feeding a large number of Marine garbage, worrying, highlights the Marine garbage are serious violations of the Marine ecosystem. WWF Hong Kong is following the events.
The world wide fund for nature in July 2014 to May 2015 in "a breeding programme" ecology and Marine garbage survey, Hong Kong's Marine garbage problem, severe 62.3% to 84.7% of Marine litter is plastic products, including packaging bags, plastic bottles, plastic cutlery, and abandoned fishing nets, etc.
According to WWF Hong Kong, plastic waste is difficult to break down in the natural environment, and it can be toxic to organisms other than indigestible. If the organism fails to discharge plastic waste out of the body, it can cause intestinal blockage, resulting in malnutrition or starvation.
According to the report, at the same time, sea turtles and other Marine life may be abandoned nets and ropes and Marine garbage entangled injured or suffocation, turtle reproduction rate is likely to decline because of the beach are garbage.
The south China morning post reported earlier that the green sea turtles had the habit of returning to their birthplaces, but in recent years fewer and fewer green sea turtles have returned to their birthplaces to spawn. Lamma island is the only breeding ground for green turtles in Hong Kong. During the breeding season, there will be a patrol of the guards. But in the last three years there have been no green turtles. According to the ecological education and resource centre records, there were 14 green sea turtle land breeding records from 1998 to 2006; But only two since 2006, most recently in 2012.
