PHANG-NGA, Jan 14 (TNA) – Twenty two leatherback turtle
eggs laid on a beach in Thailand’s southern Phang-nga province have been
relocated to a nursery.
A national park in Phang-nga province announced Tuesday
officers patrolling the beach found that a large leatherback turtle laid the
eggs on the Andaman coast Monday night.
It is the fifth turtle nest on the beach of this egg-laying
season and the spot is only 300 meters from a sea turtle conservation center.
To ensure the safety, national park officers have removed
the eggs from the depth of 80 centimeters and relocated them to a nursery.
Park workers and navy officers since late last year have
patrolled the beach to prevent theft of the eggs of the endangered turtles.
(TNA)
