Ocean Sentry
(From thainews.prd.go.th)- A marine biologist from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre is treating a female turtle aged 10 years old. She was injured from a fishing net, and came ashore on Patong beach. Sontaya Manawattana, a biologist, said in the past 2 weeks many rare sea animals have come ashore in the Andaman area including 5 stranded dolphins. The main cause seemed to be illness with some injured from fishing tools. Also the strong wind and waves this season forced sick animals to come ashore. He also seeks cooperation from fishermen not to dump rubbish into the sea as it may harm the creatures. He also told us about the Leopard shark found at Sapan Hin 3 days ago, saying that it died due to fatigue and bad wounds from the cut.
