The hawksbill turtle found dead in waters off Pulau Hantu earlier this month had been so tightly bound by a drift net that the man who freed the carcass found the animal's head severed from its body.
Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific’s currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill.
Authorities say the use of these illegal drift nets, dubbed “walls of death” due to their deadly impact on marine life, has surged.
