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seu testles been protected in Indian
1972
We were surveying the white bellied 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 turtle
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 shells had
been sealed to the public for nearly one month, after people smuggling silver bricks
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 year. When the female turtle comes on shore to nest and to lay eggs, she leaves
behind a trail just like a track of wheels on the sand. The egg hunters follow this trail
right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep. They dig up the nest, and steal
all the 100-150 eggs that are laid inside. These eggs are then either eaten or are sold
in the market. If a turtle is spotted while it is still laying eggs, it is allowed to live till
the laying is over. As soon as the eggs are laid, it 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 protection by including them under Schedule 1 of the Indian
Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. That means turtles have been given as much
protection as tigers. Therefore, all this business of gathering turtle eggs and killing
turtles is carried on in a secret, hush-hush manner. This information was distressing
We began to think seriously about it. We decided to undertake a project for the
protection and conservation of turtles and their nests in Maharashtra.​

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