The disaster that keeps on giving
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is again in the headlines in a report by the National Wildlife Federation released Monday, March 30th. BP released their five year findings on March 17th. With BP’s report being being marked as premature in its recovery findings and BP saying the National Wildlife Federation report is politically motivated, somewhere between the two is the truth (as is so often the case). The report modeling projected that between 27,000 and 65,000 Kemp’s Ridleys died in 2010, compared to the 15,000 for 2009.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Dead turtle washes up on the shores of Koh Samui.
Volunteers clean beach to help sea turtles nest in Puerto Rico.
“Big Boy” happy to be carted around.
Crime & Punishment
Dead sea turtle discovered in Maili Beach Park trash bin.
Border Guard Bangladesh personnel seize 53 turtles.
Did You Know…
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys Kempii) is on the critically endangered list and inhabits waters from the Gulf of Mexico to as far North as New Jersey in the United States of America.
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Photo from 2014 Nola.com|The Times-Picayune
