Cayman Islands Turtle Farm has been in operation for over 40 years but last month they had the first incident of its kind.  The death of 229 young turtles.

A break in a main pipe that supplies sea water broke under the Northwest Point road by the farm and when the pipe was being repaired the back-up system failed. This affected the water supply to several tanks.

Officials said the turtles that died represent less than 5% of the population at the farm.

The farm has roughly 490 turtles for breeding and more than 7,000 as part of a release programme.