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Turtles Nesting in Costa Rica: A Grim Adventure

As vultures circled menacingly overhead, I viewed the half-chewed carcass of a large turtle rotting in the hot, Costa Rican sun. Our tour guide pointed to the eggs still visible in the gaping body cavity, and hypothesized that a shark had bitten into the turtle before it had a chance to nest. At that point, I realized that the day’s outing to see the Olive Ridley turtles had taken an unexpectedly…

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Green turtle rescued from cemetery

Green turtle rescued from cemetery

(CNS): An endangered green turtle was rescued from a cemetery on Sunday by a volunteer with the Department of Environment after the animal became disorientated and got trapped between graves. Amanda Brown found the turtle on her beach walk at the cemetery in West Bay. This is another example of how beachfront development and the lights are putting turtles at risk by confusing hatchlings as…

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Baby turtles at risk from 'rescuers'

Baby turtles at risk from ‘rescuers’

Turtle hatchlings heading to the sea

(CNS): Misguided rescuers put a batch of baby turtles at risk when they disturbed a nest and encouraged the hatchlings to head towards the sea in broad daylight. The Department of Environment said a video that circulated on social media earlier this month showing people in the Cayman Islands digging up the nest in what they appeared to believe was a rescue…

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Turtle has narrow escape from dog attack

Turtle has narrow escape from dog attack

Nesting turtle attacked by dogs

(CNS): A nesting turtle narrowly escaped serious injury after she was attacked by two dogs on a local beach earlier this month. The incident was caught on CCTV at an important turtle nesting beach, the Department of Environment said this week in a social media post sharing the images. The turtle made it back to the sea with minor injuries but was unable to lay…

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First turtle nest marks start of season

First turtle nest marks start of season

DoE Research Officer Paul Chin inspects an egg from the first sea turtle nest of the 2019 season

(CNS): Local turtles are off to an early start for this summer’s breeding season, with the first nest of the year already having been recorded by the Department of Environment’s team on a beach along Grand Cayman’s south coast. From now until at least November turtles will be nesting and hatching on…

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Farm saved turtles from extinction but survival ratio very low

Farm saved turtles from extinction but survival ratio very low

Nesting sea turtle (Photo courtesy DoE)

(CNS): A genetic study into nesting green sea turtles in the Cayman Islands found that the mass releases by the Cayman Turtle Farm (now the Cayman Turtle Centre) in the 1980’s and 1990’s saved them from extinction in the region. But only a small percentage of the 30,000 hatchlings and yearlings released over 20 years ago survived into adulthood and returned…

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Battle against turtle poaching continues

Battle against turtle poaching continues

Turtle nesting (file photo courtesy DoE)

(CNS): Following news that poachers made off with a wild turtle that had been nesting on Barkers Beach last week, the Department of Environment has confirmed that they managed to save another turtle on Seven Mile Beach that poachers had flipped on its back in the early hours of 11 July, thanks to the vigilance of the public. Facing a constant battle to…

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