WILLEMSTAD - Tumors have been discovered in a large number of turtles near Caracas Bay. That's what Sea Turtle Conservation indicated. It involves several bumps on the skin of the turtles. The specific disease is well known among sea turtles, but it has never been seen on Curaçao of this magnitude before.
Research by Sea Turtle Conservation shows that the tumors are not yet visible in large numbers in the bays on Banda'bou, but on the Banda'riba side and Caracas Bay they are. The cause can be stress due to a lot of human presence. The tumors can get in the way of eating and exercise, resulting in rapid death.
The only solution now is to take the turtles out of the water and burn the tumors away, but the financial resources are limited.