November 07, 2013 - COSTA RICA - Alejandro Masis Cuevillas, Regional Director of the Regional Directorate of the Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG) confirmed the mass killing of turtles in the North Pacific.
"Through a journey made in the area - attended the biologist Luis Fonseca Widcast organization, National Technical University, National Animal Health Service and Coast Guard and the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Agriculture, an amount determined important and significant of dead turtles, "said Mr. Masis.
Also fishermen in the area also confirmed the presence of dead or dying turtles on beaches.
Biologists suggest that turtles were not to shore but were swept away by currents, even though the area where they were, are places of the turtle nesting.
As stated by Mr. Masis, "individuals took samples to laboratories in San Jose to determine if there is any indication of toxicity associated with death." "At the moment there is no clear cause of death associated with massive," said the principal. - Teletica. [Translated]
"Through a journey made in the area - attended the biologist Luis Fonseca Widcast organization, National Technical University, National Animal Health Service and Coast Guard and the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Agriculture, an amount determined important and significant of dead turtles, "said Mr. Masis.
Also fishermen in the area also confirmed the presence of dead or dying turtles on beaches.
Biologists suggest that turtles were not to shore but were swept away by currents, even though the area where they were, are places of the turtle nesting.
As stated by Mr. Masis, "individuals took samples to laboratories in San Jose to determine if there is any indication of toxicity associated with death." "At the moment there is no clear cause of death associated with massive," said the principal. - Teletica. [Translated]
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