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Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Thai veterinarians on Monday (March 6) removed 915 coins from a 25-year-old sea turtle which had been swallowing items thrown into her pool for good luck, eventually limiting her ability to swim. Doctors found the turtle named Omsin – piggy bank in Thai – was …

Singaporean animal lover Chandran V R witnessed a “very unsettling” sight at the start of his new year. On the morning of 1 January, he discovered a dead and endangered sea turtle which looked like it had been “sliced into half”, apparently by boat propellers. “It was the start of …

Thursday, 27 July 2017   CHONBURI: Hundreds of people gathered at a beach in Thailand to release 1,066 turtles into the sea as part of celebrations to mark the birthday of new King Maha Vajiralongkorn this week. King Vajiralongkorn’s July 28 birthday was announced by the military government as a …