Wooden walkway built by five-star hotel kills caretta caretta babies in Antalya

Some 60 newborn caretta caretta (loggerhead) sea turtles died after getting trapped underneath a wooden walkway that a five-star hotel placed on the beach in Antalya, the Ecological Research Society (EKAD) said on Aug. 27. 

Duvar English - Sixty baby caretta caretta turtles that hatched on the beach of a five-star hotel in the Mediterranean province of Antalya died because of a misplaced pathway by the hotel management, the Ecological Research Society (EKAD) said on Aug. 27. 

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