Olive Ridley tagging begins at Rushikulya
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BERHAMPUR: After 25 years, the method to tag Olive Ridley turtles commenced at Rushikulya coast on Tuesday. This time round 30,000 turtles can be fitted with the tags having distinctive numbers to observe their motion and nesting sample.
As a part of the train being carried out by Forest and Environment division and Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur unit after a spot of 25 years, six turtles (two males and 4 females) have been tagged on the day in presence of Berhampur DFO, Amlan Nayak and scientists from Zoological Survey of India. The final such initiative was undertaken from 1994 to 1996 when 8,000 turtles have been tagged.
In one other improvement, the two-day crocodile census carried out at Ghodahada reservoir and 10 different ponds underneath Berhampur Forest Division, ended on the day. For the train, the reservoir was divided into 10 segments. Each phase was led by a forest officer and comprised a boatman and different personnel. The census was carried out underneath the supervision of assistant conservator of forest, Ashok Kumar Behera. While 53 crocodiles have been counted in Ghodahada reservoir, 19 have been sighted on the different water our bodies.
