Fisherman ‘stabbed to death dozens of sea turtles caught up in his net’
Fisherman ‘stabbed to death dozens of sea turtles caught up in his net’
Dozens of green sea turtles were found dead or dying from stab wounds off remote Kumejima island (Picture: AFP)
A Japanese fisherman has admitted stabbing dozens of protected sea turtles to death after becoming frustrated when they become tangled in his fishing nets, it has been claimed.
Local officials expressed astonishment that the ‘extremely grisly’ episode took place in the modern age, but…