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Conservation groups raise alarm over killing of endangered sea turtles

KWS warden and fishermen carrying a group of two days old turtles at the Nyali beach during the World sea turtles day in Mombasa county. [File, Standard]

At least 28 sea turtles die every month  along the Marereni-Ngomeni beach shoreline  in Kilifi County, raising fears that the endangered species could soon be extinct.

A marine conservation group in Watamu is now calling for urgent actions to reduce all mortality of sea turtles, including fishing operations.

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