Over the course of just three days, some 20 turtle carcasses have washed up on the beach between Negombo and Kalutara, Daily Mirror reported. Senior Department of Wildlife Conservation officials claim that the carcasses have been discovered in the Kapungoda, Pamunugama, Muthurajawela Marsh, and Induruwa sea areas.

The Wildlife Department has started a thorough inquiry into the discovery of numerous turtle carcasses in light of the current circumstances, according to Daily Mirror. Daily Mirror is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka