A large and increasingly rare type of sea turtle washed up on P.E.I.’s shores last Friday.
A dead leatherback sea turtle was confirmed to have been discovered in the community of Fernwood on May 19, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in an email to CBC News.
The DFO responded to some local residents’ call about the turtle, with help from the Halifax-based Canadian Sea Turtle Network.
Leatherback sea turtles are the world’s largest living turtles. The species faces world-wide population decline, and is considered to be endangered in Canada.
Kathleen Martin, executive director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, said the turtles are known to enter Canadian waters this time
