ADOPT AN ANIMAL

ADOPT AN ANIMAL

SOME OF THE ANIMALS YOU CAN ADOPT

Every year, over thousands of marine turtles drown, entangled in the fishing lines and nets that choke the world’s oceans.

Threats To Turtles

• The tortoiseshell trade remains a significant threat to the survival of the Hawksbill turtle. Their shells are used for a variety of ornaments throughout the Americas and Eastern Asia;

• Intense egg collection across many parts of the world but especially in southeast Asia were reports suggest 100% of all eggs laid are collected. This has devastating consequences for the species with very few young allowed to hatch;

• Both adults and young hawksbills are killed for meat, and in some areas the meat is used as bait for catching sharks;

• Coastal habitats have been developed for tourism, which has seen huge swathes of nesting and feeding grounds destroyed;

• Every year thousands of turtles die as a result of becoming entangled in fishing nets, however recent studies have shown that young hawksbills accounted for 47% of all turtles caught in nets.

Discover more interesting information with our hawksbill turtle fact-file

How You Are Helping

When you adopt a turtle, the money from your purchase goes towards:

• Increasing public awareness of the plight of the turtles to generate interest in ecotourism projects;

• Expand protected areas to provide increased nesting and feeding grounds;

• Increasing the numbers of conservationists and researchers working on protecting turtles around the world;

• Campaigning for tougher legislation and an improvement to enforcement to limit bring about an end to the trade in hawksbill products.

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