Albino Turtle carcass to be brought to zoo

17 January 2014 07:11 am Views - 4242

The Balapitiya Magistrate today directed the Kosgoda police to hand over the carcass of an albino turtle that had been preserved at the turtle hatchery in Kosgoda to the Dehiwala zoo, and have it destroyed after the investigations.

The magistrate also ordered the police to submit a report to Court on the cause of the death of the animal.

The carcass had been preserved using formalin had been kept for exhibition inside a glass tank.

Meanwhile, Wildlife officials are scheduled to bring the albino turtles being bred by Chandrasiri  Abrew in his hatchery at Kosgoda and at his daughters house to the Dehiwala Zoo today, as directed by the Court yesterday.(Hemantha de Silva)