Last year, the BBC suggested that as a result of the tsunami, there were fewer fishermen illegally netting off India's coast. (The fishermen were too busy recovering from the disaster to go out fishing.) Since there were fewer fishermen, the endangered Olive Ridley turtle was having a better than average season, reproductively-speaking.

However, less than one year later, the fishermen have gotten their lives back in order and headed back to sea. As a result, over the past three months, more than 2000 Olive Ridleys have washed ashore in eastern India. Greenpeace blames the fishermen's nets and propellers for the killings. Moreover, they suggest that the 2000 turtles that have washed ashore are only a fraction of the total number of turtles killed, since many of the carcasses likely don't make it to shore.

Greenpeace claims that only 1in 1000 hatchlings reach adulthood, and they predict that the Olive Ridley could face "total collapse" within a decade. Not only is this a downer for the turtles, but it's bad for the local economy, as well, whose economy partially depends on the money tourists bring when they come to watch the turtles lay their eggs.

Of course, the Indian government claims Greenpeace's numbers are exaggerated, stating that it has cut turtle deaths by educating fishermen, promoting the use of nets that allow trapped turtles to escape, and enforcing no-fishing rules. But doesn't a carcass speaks louder than political spin?