By Glazyl Masculino
BACOLOD CITY – Plastic waste is believed to have killed a sea turtle found in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, last Tuesday.
A sea turtle was found dead at Brgy. Poblacion, Valladolid, Negros Occidental Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Barangay Poblacion Captain Bill Kratzer / MANILA BULLETIN
Capt. Joseth Catonina, town police chief, said a resident, Arnel Emplamado, found the dead two-feet wide and three-feet long turtle on the beach.
Catonina said the animal’s carapace or shell and tail appeared to be damaged.
Some residents reported finding plastic material coming out from the turtle’s rectum.
The turtle may have ingested the plastic which cause its death, Catonina said.