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Fishermen in Tamil Nadu join forest officials to rescue critically endangered dugong and olive ridley turtle. Watch
The videos showing rescue of a dugong and an olive ridley turtle in Tamil Nadu was posted on Twitter.
Two videos showing local fishermen in Tamil Nadu joining forest officials to rescue a dugong and an olive ridley turtle are winning people’s hearts. IAS officer Supriya Sahu, Addl Chief Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests in Tamil Nadu, posted the videos on her Twitter handle. She also added more about the rescue mission in the caption of the post.
“Another rescue of a critically endangered Dugong and an Olive Ridley Turtle by forest staff and local fishermen in Ramanathapuram dist in TN. Yesterday. Heartwarming. #TNForest vc- DFO Jagdish Bakan,” she wrote and posted the videos. The clips show the men working together to help the aquatic creatures to get back to safety.
Take a look at the post:
The post was shared a few hours ago. Since being posted, one video has received more than 4,200 views and the other one has gathered nearly 700 views. The post prompted people to share various comments.
“That’s nice,” wrote a Twitter user. “Good job,” posted another. “Kudos,” expressed a third. “Superb,” shared a fourth. Some reacted using thumbs up or clapping emoticons.
