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Balloons banned in bid to save turtles
The Telegraph, 8 March
A council has banned helium balloons in case they kill wildlife, in particular turtles. Portsmouth City Council have indulged green campaigners fears that burst balloons can seriously effect turtle, dolphin, and sea bird populations. The latex material can block animals’ guts when swallowed, or the animals can get tangled up in strings or ribbons.
Councillor Jason Fazackarley defended the decision, ‘I am not a killjoy. Balloons may look nice, but once they are released into the atmosphere, whoosh, they are gone. Then they might choke some innocent turtle to death.
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