A loggerhead turtle killed and tied to a boulder. It happened in Taranto, where this serious act of poaching was discovered on Saturday. In fact, the animal's body had been tied to the stone to keep the body on the bottom and hide it
A loggerhead turtle killed and tied to a boulder. It happened in Taranto, where this serious act of poaching was discovered on Saturday. In fact, the animal's body had been tied to the stone to keep the body on the bottom and hide it.
Gaetana, this is the name given to the turtle by the WWF volunteers who had treated it, was an adult female 73 centimeters long, 66,5 centimeters wide and with a weight of 51,9 kilograms. She had been recovered near the Cimini Park in Taranto on 9 January 2017 and was immediately taken care of by the staff of the Policoro WWF Oasis.
Once the caretta caretta she had been released in Parco Cimino on 10 April. A new life at sea for her. But unfortunately his return to sea lasted only a few months.
On Saturday his body was found by a patrol from the Arpec Puglia association, which spotted volunteers from the WWF in Taranto.
The gruesome find immediately appeared as a real execution. This triggered the alert among the competent authorities: Carabinieri, Coast Guard, ASL and Aeronautics (the turtle was in fact found at the SVTAM Scuola (Volunteer Troop School of the Air Force of Taranto) immediately rushed to the scene. magistrate ordered the start of investigations deepen to identify the author of this petty and brutal gesture.
"The WWF, which with its legal department has already started all the investigations to evaluate a possible civil action against those who have committed this horrible crime of nature asks the competent authorities to shed full light on what happened by identifying the author of this gruesome act as soon as possible. The WWF also asks the institutions of Taranto for an extraordinary surveillance commitment against the fishery illegal inside the Mar Piccolo where fishing with nets is prohibited as well as a permanent table on the safeguarding of the Mar Piccolo ”, the association said.
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Too sad images, difficult even to look at. An unmotivated violence that must be severely punished.
Francesca Mancuso
