World Turtle News, 10/07/2015

DJ Carl Cox Help Raising Awareness

In today’s Conservation section find more about DJ Carl Cox who helps raise the profile of the issue of people throwing garbage into the ocean. In the H&M section, a turtle rescue ambulance was given to a turtle center in India, and you should definitely check out that story where an infection caused the death of 1268 green sea turtles. In Ecology read more about the Turtle Survival Center that has been hit by heavy rains. Finally, if you are having a bad morning already, check out that cute video of an albinos sea turtle in the Misc section

Turtle News From Around the World

Conservation

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle released back into the sea near Grand Isle

DJ Carl Cox helped to raise awareness against throwing trash in the ocean by helping releasing Coxy the turtle back into the ocean

Health & Medical

A turtle rescue ambulance donated to the Dahanu Wildlife Conservation & Animal Welfare Association

An infection that killed 1268 green sea turtles over four months at the Cayman Turtle Farm was not revealed until a year an a half later

Ecology

The Turtle Survival Center flooded by heavy rains, luckily no animals were harmed or affected

Miscellaneous

“A rare albinos green sea turtle was born on Highland Beach

Did You Know…

Albinos animals in the wild tend to have a very short life because their natural defense mechanism, camouflage, is eliminated. Hatchlings will therefore get caught more easily by predators.

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Photo from Brian Banks, Editor, Music Vice

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