A shocking moment was caught on cam in the Philippines when an endangered green sea turtle was seen placing its head inside a sewage pipe while feeding on animal and human waste that is pouring into the sea.
39-year-old Charn Joon Park, a scuba diving instructor, saw the sea turtle placing its head inside a sewage pipe as it started to eat the waste of animals and humans.
Charn Joon Park captured the horrific scene when he was diving with his friends in Balobog Beach in Boracay, a tourist island in the Philippines.
Yellowish green waste could be seen coming out of the pipe in the video.
A number of tropical fish and the sea turtle were seen feeding on the human and animal waste.
According to DailyMail.com, the video was captured on September 18, 2019.
Charn, a scuba instructor who’s from South Korea, released a statement about the video he captured.
He said, “I’m afraid that this incident could trigger another “closure” of the beach but I guess people need to know about it.”
Residents and divers on the Boracay Island have registered complaints about the sewage pipe to the locals.
Benny Antiporda, the Environment Undersecretary, said the PAB (Pollution Adjudication Board) has launched an investigation.
A cease and desist order against the BTSI (Boracay Tubi System Inc.) was issued by the Environmental Management Bureau Region 6.
The Green Sea Turtles are currently listed on the endangered species list of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
The Green Sea Turtles are protected from exploitation in almost every country on our planet.
In 2018, Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, had to close the Boracay Island from April to 2018, as the island was full of pollution.
President Duterte called the island as a “cesspool” before shutting it down temporarily.
The Boracay Island in the Philippines is known for its crystal clear water and white sand, it is a huge tourist spot that attracted 2 million tourists in 2017.
Now, only 19,000 people are allowed to visit the island.
Parties, drinking liquor, and smoking on the island is prohibited.
Earlier this year a Chinese woman was caught digging into the sand and throwing in the diaper of her children.
A beach in the Boracay Island was closed temporarily as authorities tried to search the woman who disposed of the diaper.