Emergency Rescue: Saving Endangered Turtles

Dear Supporters,

You might remember the film ‘Finding Nemo’ this was a great introduction to a few of the marine animals in the Ocean and it really showcased Turtles. This is our first report and we are excited to have seen 18 donations already come in from you all.  

Turtles every day find their home polluted with plastic and waste from us on land. They don’t know why it pollutes their home, where it comes from, but become victim of getting tangled and stressed from so much litter. We work with a number of volunteers and partners that cover the coast of South Africa to respond and rescue Turtles in need of emergency. The majority of these Turtles are loggerheads but we have identified 4 other types of turtle over the past decade on the African coast. Although this project is new for us it has been working over the past 10 years on a smaller scale with rescuing 600 turtles and installing many recovered sub-adults and adults with satellite tagging before being released so we can track their journey and survival back into the wild. 

With pollution taking up more and more space of our ocean our turtles are suffering, eating plastic as well as getting tangled up in fishing lines and other dangerous rubbish. The need for an emergency service to track the coastlines and provide rescue to turtles in need is fast growing and this is why the funds from you all are now on their way to our head station in Cape Town to help cover the call out costs and equipment needed to rehabilitate the turtles as well as cover the cost of a satellite tag that costs around £250. It costs us around 995,000 South African Rand (£45,000) a year to keep this project going and your donations are going directly to keep us out and about and saving the lives of turtles.

Thank You!

With Gratitude,

Turtles