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The local fishermen at Kasarkod Tonka in Honnavar alleged that nearly 250 hatchlings of the critically endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, a scheduled-I animal protected under the wildlife protection act 1972, are missing from their nest area. They said while there is enough proof to prove that nearly 250 hatchlings emerged from an ‘unprotected’ nest on the beach, none of ....
For decades, fishing communities in Kasarkod Tonka in Honnavar taluk of Uttara Kannada district hid from the outside world the visits of ‘divine guests’ to their coasts. Fishers feared revealing the identity could pose a threat to the visitors’ breeding sites on the beaches. “We worship these olive ridley sea turtles as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Our ancestors knew about ....