Bhubaneswar: Olive Ridley sea turtles have started their annual mass nesting at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, informed PCCF (Wildlife) Susanta Nanda today.
It is expected that lakhs of them will be thronging the beach to lay eggs in the next couple of days.
Taking to his personal ‘X’ handle, the senior Forest official wrote, “The splendid phenomenon of mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Gahirmatha has begun. Lakhs of them will be visiting our beach to lay eggs in next couple of days. Department is fully geared up to ensure safety of our annual visitors.”
Worth mentioning, Olive Ridley sea turtles face a variety of threats that endanger their population, especially, in Odisha coast. We need to save our ecosystem by protecting them.
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