Deserted Thai beaches lure rare turtles to build most nests in 20 years


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: A newly-hatched baby leatherback sea turtle makes its way into a sea for the first time at a beach in Phanga Nga district, Thailand, March 27, 2020. Picture taken March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mongkhonsawat Leungvorapan

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has found the largest number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two decades on beaches bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.

From wild boars patrolling the Israeli city of Haifa to deer venturing into London suburbs, virus closures are drawing wildlife into the abandoned streets of many cities.

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