- To resume conservation of Olive Ridley turtles wildlife wing of Forest Department in Chennai sets up a hatchery at Besant Nagar after 25 years gap
- Hatchery is near the broken bridge and in the backside of Theosophical Society compound, 12 persons deployed to secure hatchery and gather eggs
- Eight member team comprise of two groups of 4 members each and has begun process of locating turtles nests
- From January to March 2014, 85 nests with 9,784 eggs found and brought to hatchery, total tally of turtle eggs reaches 8,834
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/wildlife-wing-resumes-olive-ridley-conservation/article6042868.ece
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