AR-News: (India) Hundreds of turtles rescued from dry pond in Chennai

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Chennai, Mar 31 (IANS) :

Animal lovers here have rescued 287 turtles from a century-old pond that has 
gone dry, forcing many of them on land in search of a new home.

The pond is part of the Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA) hostel 
campus along the busy national highway, the Poonamallee High Road, on the 
outskirts of Chennai.

The inmates of the YWCA one day found turtles moving about on the premises as 
the pond in which they had been living had gone dry.

The pond, known as the Mermaid Pond, was fed by a natural spring that has got 
choked by years of silt formation. 





full story:

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=8294 
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