Why is the leatherback turtle near extinction?

Answer 1

Leatherbacks are threatened species for several reasons:

1. Leatherback Turtles are endangered from plastic waste in the water. The turtles swallow floating plastic bags thinking they are jellyfish. This causes them to suffocate.
2. Overfishing
3. People kill them for their shells to make products

Answer 2

Loggerhead turtles have become endangered because they get tangled in old lost fishing nets and cannot come up to the surface to breath and they drown.

They also choke to death when they mistake plastic bags for jellyfish or they try to eat other plastic objects.

Answer 3

because they were pretty

Answer 4

yes