Dear Supporters,
It's time for us to update you and it's the best time too! The Hawsbill and Green Turtles are very common off the coast of Thailand and Asia and although they are known to nest all year around May to July is most certainly the peak time and this year is no different.
We are so lucky to do the work we do with your support and to see these incredible new hatchlings coming into our world and finally getting in the ocean to start their new life. Sadly even though we are at the start of this peak season we can have seen an alarming number of hatchlings getting washed back up. This is the majority ingesting mirco-plastics when they first get into the ocean to learn to swim.
Sadly without our intervention once washed up these little new hatchlings will die or someone will throw them back into the ocean but being sick and lost they also will not make it. We rescue these hatchlings, take them back to the centre, monitor the plastic that they release and then well enough we help them to learn to dive and swim so when they are strong enough (around 9 months) we can release them safely back into the ocean.
Every turtle we save costs around $4,000 for the total 9 months of their treatment starting and this can go up if they have eaten too much plastic and need specialist support. It's an expensive project and the only people that make this happen is you! We really do value your support to help these amazingly stunning turtles alive and swimming for another day
Thank You,
Becky
Hello Lovely Ocean and Turtle Supporters!
Tourism is coming back in full force and as we prepare for a busy year across Thailand we know that this year we need to raise funds fast to be able to respond and be ready for our Thailand Turtle Nesting Season that begins in May.
During this time we expect to have thousands of calls to rescue turtles that have been washed up because tourists and global rubbish in the ocean is floating when these babies first get into the water, as soon as they swallow a bit of plastic they become sick, lose the family and end up washed up. We have caused this with our poor management of recycling and waste and now we need to step up and try to save these amazing turtles!
As well as battling with rescues we also struggle from nests being distroyed or interupted along the beaches of Thailand due to tourists so our rescue team need funds to get out and about on the beaches to build protection barriers and help educate the local tourist population so we can try and save as many turtles as possible this season.
The third thing we have to fund and urgently need help with is the running costs, supplies of medicine, local vet's and food for what we expect will be over 200 hatchling turtles that are brought back to our rehab hospital for care and rehabilitation before we can re-realise them
Every save we have done comes through support you and others like you give us so we thank you for being apart of the solution
Thank You
Introduction
By providing protected areas we hope to grow the population of turtles in Thailand and get them off the endangered list. We know that this project will work as we have seen a huge increase in numbers since tourism has been put on hold for the past months. Creating awareness and educating tourists as well as the locals will also help to conserve habitats for all species, not just for the turtles, as people begin to change their actions. Sustainable tourism is the way forward
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Our goal is to promote sustainable tourism as we aware that the islands heavily rely on this for an income, however, it needs to be in a way that doesn't affect local species. We will create awareness, monitor turtles and create protected areas that can be overseen by the locals
Thank you for your support
Dear Friends and Family of our Ocean,
Divers, snorklers to paddle boarders around the world, one of the best thing of being in the ocean is when you have an encounter with a beautiful turtle.
Now these turtles have not decreased their production rate but as humans we have ruined their home and forcing them to eat plastic which in turn is killing them. Yes our actions are killing turtles so it is time for us to stop hiding and stand up to what we have done.
The fact that we have to fund such a program is wrong, but we are here and so let's join together and do this! When the turtles are hatched and head to the ocean they don't know from day zero how to swim or dive and so for the first few days they ride the tide, unfortunetly and Thailand being one of the worst places the amount of ocean in the wave break is alarming and these little babies unaware eat the plastic.
This plastic makes them unwell and they end up washed up on the beach again alone, it is the task of our team that without your donations would not be here, to go out rescue these little turtles take them to our centre while we help them poop out the pastic and get well enough, they learn how to dive and survive and once ready we take them back out to the ocean and release them.
Each year the number of rescues and release increase and so does our costs, it is simple this project is funded purely by donations so no donations no turtle will be saved. We thank you for being apart of our project and this year we have already rescued over 100 turtles
Introduction
The growing tourism industry has put a strain on most habitats, especially in the more beautiful areas. Thailand is no exception with their very sensitive turtle population becoming increasingly threatened.
Report
By providing protected areas we hope to grow the population of turtles in Thailand and get them off the endangered list. We know that this project will work as we have seen a huge increase in numbers since tourism has been put on hold for the past months due to the pandemic. This project aims to protect the critical population of the turtles in Thailand by providing a safe area for turtles to lay their eggs so that they continue to populate even when the tourists arrive back to the beaches. It costs $100 to run a workshop for local fisherman and tourist operators to create awareness and build a community and network dedicated to working for this protected area.
Thank you for your support
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