Sea Turtle Seen On Sosua Beach

From today's Sosua News:



Sunday, July 13, at about 10 PM a large sea turtle was found on one of the beaches near a large resort hotel in Sos?a. Dozens of tourists and staff came down immediately to have a look. Fortunately, the tourists police was immediately alerted and they alerted the environmental officers. The area was demarcated and hereby prohibited to enter unauthorized. It is not clear whether the turtle has laid eggs. The turtle is an endangered species and protected by law in the Dominican Republic. Among the population sea turtles meat is considered a delicacy and also for the eggs they are willing to pay a lot of money.

So this severe surveillance was certainly necessary.

145 Baby Sea Turtles

From today's Sosua News


On Sunday, July 13, so two months ago, mother sea turtle came ashore in the bay of Sos?a to lay her eggs and hide them in the beach sand. Last Sunday morning, September 7, 145 turtles came out of their eggs and then crawled to the water of the ocean. The hatch was in all these months, carefully guarded by officials of the Environment Service (la Direcci?n Provincial de Medio Ambiente). The area was demarcated and thereby prohibited unauthorized. This to protect it from predators and thieves. The sea turtle is an endangered species in the Dominican Republic and protected by law. Among the population, sea turtles meat is considered a delicacy and also for the eggs they are willing to pay a lot of money. The turtles crawling to the ocean did not go unnoticed. With great interest from beach guests and under the supervision of the Environmental Service the turtles crawled to the waves.

The crowd just loved it and was very happy that so many turtles were rescued and able to reach the ocean. They do need and deserve all that kind of protection to save them from extinction.
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