8 Turtles Trapped In Garbage And Then Stranded In Bali's Badung Beach Area, One Dead

Stranded turtles because they are trapped in garbage in the Badung beach area, Bali / DOK BPSPL

BADUNG - Not only wood and plastic waste, 8 turtles were also found in the Badung beach area, Bali. One turtle died trapped in garbage.

From the records of the Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Management (BPSPL) Denpasar, Bali, there were six turtles that were stranded and trapped in a pile of garbage on Berawa Beach, on Sunday, December 12.

On Saturday, December 11, a turtle was also found at Canggu Beach, North Kuta, another was found at Munggu Beach, Badung Regency.

"Six turtles were found on Sunday at Berawa Beach. Of the six turtles, one died and one was weak, of which four were released because they were in good health. And two were found at Canggu Beach and Munggu Beach," said the Head of Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Management (BPSPL), Denpasar, Bali, Permana Yudiarso, Monday, December 13.

Meanwhile, one turtle that died was immediately buried at the site and one turtle that was weak was still being treated by the Turtle Conservation and Education Center (TCEC) Serangan, Denpasar.

The turtles were found in a pile of wood waste on the beach. The possible cause of the turtle being stranded was because it was trapped by the garbage in the middle of the sea and interfered with the turtle's movement and then the waves hit it until it was stranded in a pile of scattered garbage.

"Probably at that time the waves were big and there was a lot of garbage in the sea and the turtle was around. He was carried away by the current or the waves rolled in the pile of garbage. That's why he was dragged ashore not because he ate garbage. But because he was trapped in a pile of garbage in the middle of the sea, when a big wave he was carried away," he said.

According to Yudiarso, the southern coast of Bali is one of the places where turtles find food.

"If it's the turtle that died, the assumption is that it died because it was hit by the pile of garbage. Turtles are a place to play and feed around the coast when fish swim in the water. Turtles swim on the surface and occasionally they enter the water," he said.

"This is an alarm for us, there are many causes for garbage, if we continue to let it go, the impact could be that there were dead turtles, or maybe there were dolphins and dead whales, we don't understand.