Published 3 years ago

Hundreds of dead turtles wash ashore in Sri Lanka after cargo ship wreck

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Up to 100 turtles and 20 dolphins have washed up dead on Sri Lanka’s beaches in the past month. Experts fear a link to the leak of toxic chemicals from a sunken freight ship. Government officials say the necropsies carried out so far have not been conclusive, and have commissioned further tests.

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BBC News

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of sea animals washed ashore after ship disaster

Turtles, dolphins and whales are among the sea life that have died since the X-Press Pearl sunk.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of sea animals washed ashore after ship disaster

Turtles, dolphins and whales are among the sea life that have died since the X-Press Pearl sank.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Hundreds of dead turtles wash ashore in Sri Lanka after cargo ship wreck

Environmental experts say the case is the country’s worst man-made environmental disaster

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Hundreds of dead turtles wash ashore in Sri Lanka after cargo ship wreck

Hundreds of turtles have washed ashore after a ship caught fire and sank off the west coast of Sri Lanka in June in the country's worst-ever marine disaster, a court in the capital Colombo heard this week.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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ABC Australia

Hundreds of dead turtles wash ashore in Sri Lanka weeks after cargo ship sinks off coast

Footage shows carcasses of dead sea turtles scattered along the Sri Lankan coast, which officials link directly to the sinking of a chemical container ship in June, the country's worst man-made environmental disaster according to experts.

3 years ago·Australia

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