Turtle carcass weighing nearly 100 kg washed up on Vung Tau beach

The carcass of a 1.1 m long sea turtle, 60 cm wide shell, weighing nearly 100 kg, was heavily decomposing and washed up on Bai Truoc, Vung Tau City, on the morning of September 4.

At around 6:30 a.m., workers cleaning up trash at Bai Truoc beach on Quang Trung street, ward 1, discovered a turtle carcass washed up by the waves near the water’s edge. They and other beachgoers used two large wooden sticks to move the animal’s body to the beach.

Officials took photos of the turtle's body. Photo: Truong Ha

The female turtle was an adult, had died several days ago, and was decomposing heavily, with a long crack running down its shell. "It is likely that the propeller of the watercraft caused the turtle's death," a forest ranger said.

Authorities of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province made a record and made a plan to handle the turtle carcass by burying it.

The animal's shell has a long crack. Photo: Truong Ha

Green turtles are listed in the Red Book of Threatened and Endangered Species. Con Dao District is the main breeding ground for green turtles, with 90% of green turtles in Vietnam breeding in this area. From 2018 to 2022, an average of 687 green turtles came to the breeding ground each year, with more than 2,000 nests relocated and hatched, and more than 145,000 baby turtles released into the sea.

Truong Ha

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