SEA TURLES

Did You Know?

All Sea Turtles are either endangered or threatened.

How They die

Most of the hundreds of turtles that die each year get cuaght and drown in fishing nets with "turtle exclusion devices," which are mandated by U.S. law. Fishing is not the only things that kill turtles. Others include loss nesting beaches to development, loss of of turtles eggs to illegal poachers, water pollution, predators, floating plastic bags that turtles mistake as jellyfish and eat, and a tumor disease called Fibropapillomas. Animals 1