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World Turtle Day: What Are The Threats and What Can You Do To Help? - by Hannah Rudd
Posted by Jeremy Davies on
Encountering sea turtles in the wild is an experience unlike any other and something I’ve been blessed with a few times in my life. From witnessing the heroic efforts of female loggerhead turtles hoisting their gargantuan weight up the vast white sandy beaches of the Cape Verde islands with Project Biodiversity, to spending a couple of hours snorkelling alongside a charismatic green turtle amongst corals in the Maldives, every turtle encounter is magical. This majesty soon quickly turns into tragedy when recalling the threats they face in our global ocean. Like many magnificent creatures residing in our seas turtles are...
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