Sea Turtle Conservation Group Will Sue Fort Lauderdale If Necessary
In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, darkness around the beaches is a problem for businesses who say they’re losing out on potential customers because of safety concerns. Traffic is also affected in some parts. The city’s Conference Committee Agenda took up surveys to draw these conclusions. However, darkness is a very good thing for freshly hatched sea turtles. Artificial light confuses and leads sea turtles hatching to go toward the artificial light rather than the sea causing thousands of hatchlings to die each year. The city plans to spend 2 million dollars to pursue a permit to solve that problem and to improve lighting on the beach. The Response from Sea Turtle Oversight Protection‘s Richard WhiteCloud? “If they even think about a permit, we’re going to sue them with everything we’ve got.”
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Conservation
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The San Gabriel River Sea Turtle Monitoring Project will help Chelonia mydas.
Medical/Health
Assistance is requested in the Keys to help rescued sea turtles.
A new guide to enable Queensland’s wildlife volunteers to respond faster to sea turtle strandings.
Three sea turtles received serious medical care at Houston Zoo.
Gopher Tortoises Gopherus polyphemus got rescued in Florida.
Miscellaneous
Sun and warm weather motivate turtles to bask in Oregon’s lakes.
Did You Know…
In the Temperature-dependent Sex Determination (TSD) pattern II, there are two transition zones where males are dominating at intermediate temperatures and females dominating at both extremes. At the pivotal temperature of sex determination, mixed sex ratios are produced.
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