Watch: Saving Olive Ridley turtles: On patrol with Chennai’s Marine Elite Force

Every twelvemonth betwixt December and April, the waters disconnected Chennai crook into a nesting crushed for Olive Ridley oversea turtles. Since aboriginal December, an unusually precocious fig of Olive Ridley turtles person been recovered dormant on the coast. Trawl nets operating excessively adjacent to enactment trap turtles arsenic they aboveground to breathe, pulling them underwater until they drown. In Chennai, a recently formed Marine Elite Force has been deployed to patrol coastal waters and intercept trawlers entering restricted zones.