Endangered turtle fights for life at Wellington Zoo
An Olive Ridley sea turlte (Lepidochelys olivacea) which washed up in the Wellington Lyall Bay, New Zealand is being cared for by Wellington Zoo but only has a 50% chance of survival, with video. Sargassum is still causing problems for nesting sea turtles in Trinidad and Tobago. Jacksonville Zoo welcomes the return of Goober, a 186Kg Aldabra (Aldabrachelys gigantea) tortoise and a maimed sea turtle is taken into care at the Phuket Marine Biological Center, all in the Conservation section. Some people never learn, see the Crime and Punishment section. The Ningaloo Turtle Program, Australia, requires volunteers, see the Volunteer section. Another tortoise finds its way home, see the Lost and Found section.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Endangered turtle fights for life at Wellington Zoo.
Sargassum preventing turtles from nesting.
Jacksonville Zoo welcomes the return of Goober, a 411-pound Aldabra tortoise.
Maimed sea turtle treated in Phuket.
Melbourne Beach targets plastic bags to help sea turtles.
Education
Scales celebrates sixth anniversary.
Crime & Punishment
Man convicted in 2013 of sea turtle egg theft arrested again.
Volunteering
Volunteers needed for Ningaloo Turtle Program.
Lost & Found
Saga of Tiger at an end as tortoise found safe.
Did You Know…
Sargassum is a genus of brown (class Phaeophyceae) macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales. The thick masses of Sargassum provide an environment for a distinctive and specialised group of marine animals and plants, many of which are not found elsewhere. It is commonly found in the beach drift near Sargassum beds where it is also known as gulfweed, a term also used to include all seaweed species washed up on shore.
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Photo from Parks and Wildlife
