Yazidi refugees assist in turtle release from Dolphin Marine Conservation Park
The Dolphin Marine Conservation Park has shared details of the release of five green sea turtles after months of rehabilitation from Coffs Harbour’s Arrawarra Headland last weekend.
While the release of the turtles was an example of the valuable rehabilitation and conservation undertaken by the Dolphin Marine Conservation Park, the story of the volunteers – the Abdo sisters – involved in the work was also significant.
The sisters – Zaree, Khishkok, Zozik, Kurdistan and Sabeeha – are Yazidi women from Kurdistan in Iraq, who came to Australia as refugees in 2017 due to the ongoing threat of ISIS in their region.
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Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Australia: Australian Seabird Rescue to release 5 sea turtles at Lighthouse Beach Ballina
Galapagos Islands: follow the journey of Silvia the green sea turtle
Education
Costa Rica: CBC’s The Nature of Things to air documentary on olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)
USA: meet Essa Garrett who created a sculpture for Turtle Rescue Inc., TX
Miscellany
STUDY: Comparative analysis of the liver transcriptome in the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans under chronic salinity stress
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Photo from Australian Leisure Management.
