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Deliberate poisoning is likely to blame for the death of dozens of turtles at a lake near Mumbai, Indian wildlife experts told AFP Sunday.<\/p>\n

Conservation workers were alerted to the incident after a local politician asked them to investigate a foul smell around the body of water in Kalyan, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of India’s entertainment capital. <\/p>\n

Suhas Pawar of the Wild Animal and Reptile Rescue conservation group said 57 Indian flapshell turtles had been killed while another six were rescued. <\/p>\n

He told AFP that locals likely killed the reptiles to stop them from eating fish they were illegally breeding in the lake.<\/p>\n

“Everything is being investigated now, a post-mortem and scientific analysis will reveal the exact cause of these deaths,” Pawar said. <\/p>\n

He added that Covid-19 restrictions over the past two years had likely led to a surge in the local turtle population.<\/p>\n

“Restrictions on human activity likely increased the fish stocks at the lake and these turtles were now growing in numbers by feeding on them, which angered some locals,” Pawar said.<\/p>\n

Indian flapshell turtles are not particularly rare but are a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act.<\/p>\n\n

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