This is the heartbreaking moment locals found a dead green sea turtle lying on the beach.<br /><br />Coastal residents discovered the 132lbs sea turtle washed up on the Jomtien Beach in front of a resort in Chonburi, eastern Thailand on August 15.<br /><br />They immediately called the local marine center to for help in handling the lifeless marine creature.<br /><br />Environmental officials said estimated the turtle to be around 15-years-old, but they will have to examine its body to ascertain the cause of death.<br /><br />Green sea turtles, like other sea turtles, migrate long distances between their feeding grounds and hatching beaches.<br /><br />They are classed as 'endangered' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species .
