Fake 'decoy' eggs are being used to track turtle poaching

By Nell Lewis, CNN

Updated 0219 GMT (1019 HKT) December 16, 2020

<strong>Olive ridley turtle -- </strong>Sea turtle populations around the world are under increasing threat from factors such as coastal development, overfishing and bycatch (when turtles are caught unintentionally during fishing for other species). The olive ridley -- the most abundant sea turtle species -- is also at risk of wildlife crime, with its eggs smuggled to cities where they are eaten as a delicacy in restaurants and bars.
Photos: Meet the sea turtles: The ocean wonders that wander the oceans
Olive ridley turtle -- Sea turtle populations around the world are under increasing threat from factors such as coastal development, overfishing and bycatch (when turtles are caught unintentionally during fishing for other species). The olive ridley -- the most abundant sea turtle species -- is also at risk of wildlife crime, with its eggs smuggled to cities where they are eaten as a delicacy in restaurants and bars.
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<strong>Olive ridley turtle -- </strong>Listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11534/3292503" target="_blank">(IUCN)</a>, olive ridleys live and nest throughout the tropics, but have been found in temperate regions <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11534/3292503" target="_blank">as far south as New Zealand and as far north as Alaska</a>.
Photos: Meet the sea turtles: The ocean wonders that wander the oceans
Olive ridley turtle -- Listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), olive ridleys live and nest throughout the tropics, but have been found in temperate regions as far south as New Zealand and as far north as Alaska.
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