Hotel La Isabela in Coz?n, Las Terrenas (Saman?) has very special guests these days. Some 224 leatherback turtles (Tortuga Tinglar) hatched on the lovely northeastern beach thanks to the ecological awareness of the management of the hotel that set off the area chosen by the mother turtles. The director of conservation of coastal marine resources of the Ministry of Enrivornment, Felicia Heredia praised the hotel management for their efforts to assist the two mother turtles that laid their eggs there, as reported in El Caribe newspaper. The management set off the area of the nests and made sure there was 24 hour vigilance to protect the special guests and provided lodging and meal for Antonia Marte, the expert in coastal marine resources that supervised the birthing.
The Leatherback Sea Turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea ) is the largest living turtle. The turtles face extinction as their eggs have been known to be stolen, and their birth process is many times affected by artificial lighting and human encroachment primarily due to ignorance.