ANIMAL CURIOSITIES

Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos

A beautiful story comes straight from Bali, an island in Indonesia. On a beach in the district of Kuta, conservationists and veterinary staff released as many as 240 newly hatched sea turtles into the sea.

Sea turtle conservation efforts in Kuta have been conducted since 2002 to protect these magnificent and fragile creatures, which often fall prey to other animals on the short journey they have to make from the beach (where their eggs usually hatch) to the sea.

Over the years, this species has come to the brink of extinction, due to human hunting, progressive pollution of the seas and climate change.

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Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos
A beautiful story comes straight from Bali, an island in Indonesia. On a beach in the district of Kuta, conservationists and veterinary staff have released as many as 240 newly hatched sea turtles into the sea.
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Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos
Sea turtle conservation efforts in Kuta have been conducted since 2002 to protect these magnificent and fragile creatures, which often end up prey to other animals on the short journey they have to make from the beach (where their eggs usually hatch) to the sea.
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Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos
Over the years, this species has come to the brink of extinction, due to human hunting, progressive pollution of the seas and climate change, but also due to predators and disease and the enormous destruction of beaches.
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Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos
According to data collected by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there are a total of seven species of sea turtles in the world and they are all at risk of extinction, threatened by accidental capture and destruction of their breeding sites.
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Baby turtles released into the sea in Bali, photos
Due to the COVID-19 virus, human activity on all beaches had virtually ceased, resulting in an increase in sea turtle nesting. In Thailand in 2020, the highest number of nests in the last 20 years was found.
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