The Pit 2 which is protecting 103 eggs at the new site of Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (TRC) behind the Agonda Church.
CANACONA
A second Olive Ridley turtle visited the Agonda shore early Saturday morning and laid 103 eggs, which have been protected at the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre on Agonda beach.
Forest department’s rescuers shifted the eggs and protected the Pit 2 with 103 eggs at the new site of Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (TRC), right behind the Agonda Church.
According to sources, the Olive Ridley turtle was noticed by rescuers who were taking rounds of the 2.9-km shoreline.
After laying its eggs and covering the pit, Olive Ridley turtle returned to the sea at about 4.30 am.
Pit 1 with 150 eggs has been protected at the TRC’s old site at Divanbhag area since November 15. With two pits, the Agonda TRC is now protecting 253 Olive Ridley eggs in South Goa.
Another TRA at Galgibaga, which is also headquarters of Marine Centre (South), is yet to open its account.
According to forest sources, many more Olive Ridley turtles are expected to visit the Goa’s shores to lay eggs.
Even as the Olive Ridley turtles are known to visit different beaches in South Goa at random, the South Marine Centre has decided to shift the eggs, if found at any of these beaches, to either Agonda and Galgibaga TRCs, informed a forest source.
