Chair of the non-gov­ern­men­tal or­gan­i­sa­tion, An­i­mals are Hu­mans Too, Nali­ni Di­al, is call­ing on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to launch a full in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the killing of hun­dreds of ba­by tur­tles in Grand Riv­iere. The tur­tles and hatch­lings were de­stroyed while work­ers were re-rout­ing a riv­er, which was pos­ing a threat to a ho­tel and oth­er build­ings.

Di­al said her or­gan­i­sa­tion was "aghast and dis­tressed at the mind­less, need­less, cal­lous killing of hun­dreds of ba­by tur­tle hatch­lings." She said the de­vel­op­ment was an­oth­er demon­stra­tion of the lack of con­cern the Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship and the En­vi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment Au­thor­i­ty (EMA) show to the voice­less peo­ple.

Di­al said the per­pe­tra­tors of the act should be held ac­count­able. She said the leatherback tur­tles are an en­dan­gered species and must be pro­tect­ed, and any­one found guilty of harm­ing them should be pun­ish­able by law.