Trawls and Trash Represent One-Two Punch for Threatened Turtles [Slide Show]

Nearly 200 Kemp’s ridley ( Lepidochelys kempii ), green ( Chelonia mydas ) and loggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) sea turtles washed up along the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts in April, the most deaths in one month since record keeping began in 1986. And 100 green sea turtles were found dead on the coast of Uruguay in the first three months of this year.

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Trawls and Trash Represent One-Two Punch for Threatened Turtles [Slide Show]