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| The sea turtle after being freed from a discarded plastic net (Photo: VNA) |
The animal is listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Since the beginning of the year, the park has so far saved four rare sea turtles; two of them were trapped by floating plastic waste.
Con Dao beaches are nesting sites of the biggest number of green sea turtles in Vietnam. There are six turtle conservation stations on the islands of Con Dao National Park, managing 16 nesting grounds.-VNA
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