
Man-made issues that are diminishing sea turtle populations
Above is a tweet posted recently by Sea Turtle Conservancy in Gainesville Florida. The responses to this tweet illustrate that this is what they find all over the globe when rehabilitating sea turtles. Marine pollution is only one of the many man-made challenges that sea turtles are facing. Some other challenges are:
Consumption
Believe it or not, many coastal communities still consume turtle eggs and meat. Mainly in Central America and Asia, people are poaching turtles fo