Nearly 20,000 turtle eggs conserved on Hope Island

The officials of the Wildlife Management Authority and Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary person conserved astir 20,000 eggs of Olive Ridley Turtles connected Hope Island successful the Kakinada Bay. Hope Island is 1 of the harmless nesting grounds of Olive Ridley Turtles successful Andhra Pradesh. In an authoritative release, Kakinada District Forest Officer N. Rama Chandra Rao said that the hatchlings are being released into the sea.

“As galore arsenic 19,858 eggs person been collected from the 174 nests of the olive ridley turtles and each of them are being conserved nether the in-situ conservation method connected the island”, said Mr. Ramachandra Rao. On March 26 alone, Joint Collector Apoorva Bharat and Kakinada Assistant Collector Ms. Manisha released arsenic galore arsenic 585 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings into the oversea connected the island.