Mid July 2007 a total of 61 green turtles (Chelonia mydas) were released at Tai Long Wan in Hong Kong's North Eastern, Sai Kung country park.
Heading out to open sea, photo from http://www.news.gov.hk
The juveniles were under the care of AFCD and Ocean Park staff since their mother laid eggs on Tai Long Wan last September and have grown from 25g to 800g in weight and 5cm to 16cm in shell length. This will give the youngsters a fighting chance of surviving and returning to Tai Long Wan.
All of the youngsters were micro chipped for future identification.
Story on the HK government website can be found Click HERE
The green sea turtle is an endangered species, under threat from habitat loss, pollution, fishing by catch and hunting/over exploitation.
2 comments:
Excellent news
There is some argument that this is too little too late, Green turtles don't reach breeding age until they are at least 30 years old, so unfortunately the odds are stacked against any revisiting these shores and reproducing.
But hopefully some of these turtles will survive.
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