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ning the white belled sea-eagles in the summer that year. As we roamed the
coasts, one of the volunteers in our team saw some shallow pits with white egg shells
nearby. Enquiries with the villagers revealed that they were turte eggs. This came as a
surprise. We had never come across turtle eggs in our walks along the beaches of Konkan in
all these years. We decided to study this unusual occurrence further. We learnt that the
beach where we had found the egg shr": had been sealed to the public for nearly one
month, after people smuggling silver brich were caught in that area. But when we learnt
further shocked us to the core.
Turtles nest along the entire coastline of our State. There are a few people in every
village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the ye
When the female turtle comes on shore to nest and to lay aggs, she leaves behind a trail
like a track of wheels o the sand. The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest w
is about half a metredeep. They dig up the nest, and steal all the 100-150 eggs that are
inside. These eggs are then either eaten or are sold in the market. If a turtle is spotted v
it is still laying eggs, it is allowed to live till the laying is over. As soon as the eggs are la
is caught and then killed and eaten. This ruthless practice is observed in all parts of the
world. However, in India, sea turtles have been given protacion by including them ur
Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. That means turtles have been
Es much protection as tigers. Therefore, all this business or gathering turtle eggs and
urtles is carried on in a secret hush-hush manner. This information was distressing
egan to think seriously about it. We decided to undertake a project for the protec
nservation of turtles and their nests in Maharashtra.
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