Endangered green sea turtle dies from plastic ingestion 

A green sea turtle that ingested plastic garbage died Saturday in Davao City due to infection.

Citing an environmental NGO, GMA News stringer Peewee Bacuño said the sickly sea turtle was washed ashore on Friday  in Davao City's Barangay 78.

Fishermen brought it to the NGO office where the turtle was examined.

Darrel Blatchley, the NGO's president, said the turtle grew weak after ingesting over 10 types of plastic materials floating in the sea.

Blatchley said the green turtle species in the sea turtle family is already endangered. —LBG, GMA News