Turtles in Mexico – level 3

05-09-2018 07:00

Around 300 sea turtles died from asphyxiation or toxic algae after getting entangled in an illegal fishing net off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast. The turtles, of a species in danger of extinction, were buried in sand on a beach.

An official said that the fishermen told them that the fishing net was local, adding that it could have been abandoned by a tuna fishing ship without reporting it was lost.

Who set the illegal 120-metre net is being investigated and the guilty ones can face criminal charges.

Difficult words: asphyxiation (death by not having oxygen), toxic algae (a simple water plant which produces toxins), entangled (caught), species (a kind of animal), extinction (dying out), abandon (leave behind).

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