CRIME ON THE BEACH

It really was a "crime on the beach" that was found this morning when a marked sea turtle nest was found to have been dug up by someone after pulling up the marking stakes and ribbon from the nest. This nest even had a yellow warning card advising beach goers that it is against the law to disturb these nests (see photo).

I guess we need a "Crime Watch" for the beach, as well, now that some ignorant individual, or group, has blatantly broken the law and destroyed an endangered sea turtle nest.

These egg "shells" were found a few yards down the beach near the water and appear to be all that remain of the dug-up nest. It never ceases to amaze me as to how irresponsible some people's behavior can be.

If you ever observe someone purposely destroying a sea turtle nest, or digging up the eggs from a sea turtle nest, please call 911 to report them. The only ones with authority to dig in such nests in our area are the biologists/employees of EAI, Inc.