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| CENTRAL
AMERICA NEWS | Friday
10 June 2011 |
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El
Salvador
Investigate
Mysterious
Deaths
of
Sea
Turtles
San
Salvador
-
Authorities
and
experts
are
studying
the
causes
of
death
of
turtles
in
the
Pacific
coast
of
El
Salvador,
which
occurred
in
the
past
two
months.
The
examinations
are
conducted
by
the
Ministry
of
Environment
and
Natural
Resources
and
the
Zoological
Foundation
of
El
Salvador.
Autopsies
indicate
that
the
turtles
did
not
die
due
to
entanglement
in
fishing
nets
or
the
action
of
predators,
but
from
poisoning.
The
executive
director
of
Zoological
Foundation
of
El
Salvador,
Alex
Hasbun,
told
reporters
that
they
have
to
determine
whether
the
poisoning
was
due
to
ingestion
of
poisonous
algae
or
because
traces
of
heavy
metals
are
accumulating
in
the
bottom
of
the
sea.
He
said
that
this
occurs
in
places
where
turtles
usually
eat,
like
the
Gulf
of
Fonseca
and
Jiquilisco
Bay,
the
newspaper
El
Diario
said.
Hasbun
said
that
due
to
the
lack
of
adequate
laboratory
facilities
in
the
country,
samples
of
liver
and
lung
tissues
of
turtles
will
be
sent
to
Hawaii
to
determine
the
type
of
poison
that
killed
them. |
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