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100's of 1000's of Sea Turtles Illegally Slaughtered In Bali Each Year
Animals  (tags: Sea Turtles, Bali Slaughters Sea Turtles, illegal, tourist souvenirs, Traditional Asian Medicine, conservation, environment, endangered, ethics, extinction, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, society, wildlife, slaughter, CITES, butchered alive )

Julie
- 1573 days ago - current.com
Although all 8 species of sea turtles are endangered & are strictly 'protected' by CITES, turtles are butchered alive by the 100's of 1000's. Shells for souvenirs & meat sells to the privileged of affluent societies. Please see video & sign petition!
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Celebrate the Sea Turtle
Animals  (tags: costa rica, marine wildlife, sea turtles, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1630 days ago - usatoday.com
TORTUGUERO, Costa Rica -- Their path lit only by stars, tourists stumble across the Caribbean beach until their guide stops them at a large sandy hole. Kneeling, they watch silently as a 400-pound green turtle deposits her eggs into a freshly dug nest.
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Sea Turtle Threats Underlined
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, animals, AnimalWelfare, killing, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1675 days ago - iar.org.uk
A US study has underlined the enormous impact that fishing operations have had on sea turtle numbers.
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A Week of Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, Oceana, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1694 days ago - community.oceana.org
Oceana's online editor Emily Fisher spent the week of Sept 13-21 on Bald Head Island, North Carolina in the hopes of seeing loggerhead sea turtles hatch. Follow her observations and excitations in the five-part blog series.
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Tell Carriacou Island Officials to Stop Sea Turtle Torture! Video!! Take Action!!!
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, cruelty, killing, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1821 days ago - peta.org
Horrified visitors to the Island of Carriacou--off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean--contacted PETA after witnessing the horrific manner in which locals torture sea turtles to death. Witnesses report seeing these beautiful animals pulled from their
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Florida Sea Turtle Nesting Season Underway
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, nesting, Florida, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1841 days ago - myfoxorlando.com
You can expect to see a lot of sea turtles on the beaches over the next few months. Sea turtle season began May 1 and runs through October. Thousands of the endangered turtles make their way to the beaches and lay their eggs in the sand.
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Mexican National Sentenced ForSmuggling Protected Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: smuggling, sea turtles, animals, charged, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, endangered, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1849 days ago - sunherald.com
Carlos Leal Barragan, of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to serve 16 months in prison and three years supervised release in connection with his sale and smuggling of internationally protected
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Caretta Carettas
Animals  (tags: caretta carettas, sea turtles, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1863 days ago - turkishdailynews.com.tr
Caretta carettas are said to be the oldest creatures on earth: Scientists believe sea turtles have been around for 100 or 200 million years. The history of man only reaches back 1 million years.
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Take Action: Tell Carriacou Island Officials to Stop Sea Turtle Torture!
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, tortured, torn from shells, abused, tormented, carriacou island officials, animal advocates )

Simone
- 1876 days ago - peta.org
Horrified visitors to the Island of Carriacou--off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean--contacted PETA after witnessing the horrific manner in which locals torture sea turtles to death. Witnesses report seeing these beautiful animals pulled from their
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Rare Leatherback Turtles Gain Protection in Costa Rica
Animals  (tags: leatherback turtles, sea turtles, protection, animals, endangered, extinction, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, humans )

John (Aqu
- 1890 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
As dawn breaks on Playa Grande, the light reveals shallow sand pits where leatherback sea turtles laid their eggs the night before. This Costa Rican beach, a 2-mile-long (3.2-kilometer-long) stretch of sand popular with surfers, is guarded around the
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WWF Promotes Fishing Gear and Methods That Will Save Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: fishing gear, Sea turtles, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildlife, environment, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1904 days ago - worldwildlife.org
WWF, endorsing innovations in technology and fishing methods that reduce the accidental capture of endangered sea turtles by as much as 90 percent, is partnering with government and fishing industry leaders to implement these advances worldwide, saving
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Endangered Sea Turtles To Be Rehabilitated In Maine
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, Maine, rehabiliation, University of New England's Marine Anima, endangered species )


- 1930 days ago - wmtw.com
BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Eight endangered sea turtles have arrived in Maine as part of their rehabilitation after washing up on shore in Massachusetts.
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Turtle Deaths Cause Alarm
Animals  (tags: Olive Ridley turtles, sea turtles, oceans, beach, death, sadness, protection, wildlife, habitat, environment, endangered, AnimalWelfare, extinction, investigation )

John (Aqu
- 1942 days ago - thestatesman.net
Jan. 22: Orissa coast is fast becoming a graveyard for Olive Ridley turtles as several carcasses have been found in the prominent nesting sites such as Gahiramatha, Rushikulya and Devi river mouths, wildlife experts said. According to official sources,
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Helping Sea Turtles Fight Off Fatal Chills - New York Times
Animals  (tags: Sea Turtles, endangered, AnimalWelfare, animals, environment, habitat, extinction, protection, killing, society, suffering, wildanimals, wildlife )

Tamme
- 1973 days ago - nytimes.com
This turtle was lucky: It was alive and recovering from cold-stunning, a potentially fatal condition that renders sea turtles immobile because of a dramatic decrease in water temperature that stops bodily functions. It is similar to hypothermia in humans.
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Inspiration From Sea Turtles
Animals  (tags: sea turtles, endangered, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1990 days ago - teenink.com
Can you imagine if only one in a thousand human babies survived? The population would be very small and we would probably be an endangered species. Luckily, this isn't the case for us, but for endangered sea turtles it is a reality.
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