Bloody Night in the French Island of Mayotte
Sea Shepherd launches Operation NyambaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2017 The bloody images of marine turtles slaughtered on the French island of Mayotte on Saturday night highlight the shortage of any real means of protection against poaching for these protected species. Several turtles were killed with machetes as they came to lay eggs on the beach of their birth. Sea Shepherd volunteers on patrol interrupted the poachers, who fled leaving behind machetes, knives and an agonizing slaughtered turtle, which had a slow and painful death. The next night, four turtle heads were