Claim: A major clean-up of an Indian beach led to hundreds of thousands sea turtles hatching along its coast this week.
Fact-check: Thousands of sea turtles did not hatch on Indian beach this week - Full Fact
Verdict: the clean-up happened over three years ago. at least 80 turtles were spotted there afterwards, not hundreds of thousands. a photo claiming to show the beach after the clean-up, covered in turtles,  was taken on the other side of india.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton
Date published: 2021-10-12T00:00:00