Gift Republic GR100023 Adopt It - Adopt a Sea Turtle

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Your adoption directly benefits the continued care and treatment of our sick and injured sea turtles. Adopt a Turtle and the recipient gets a beautiful gift pack to let them know just how much you care about them.

It’s now that the team of volunteers get the opportunity to educate the tourists on the importance of their work, and to ask for any donations plus the opportunity to adopt a hatchling and name them. In 1940 while still a tiny turtle hatchling, it is believed Lulu was taken from her ocean home by a TV advertising agency to appear in an advert for soap.By adopting one of our Koombana Bay dolphins you are assisting our organisation to monitor and protect these wonderful marine mammals. You will receive a Certificate of Adoption and also a plaque featuring your name (or the name of a family member, friend or a memorial) will be placed near the animals enclosure within the park. On Sal, the team block off an area on the sand, south of Ponta Preta Beach, where they look after the turtle nests 24 hours a day. The hawksbill’s scientific name, imbricata , refers to the overlapping nature of the scutes (scales) on its shell.

Marine turtles are amazing creatures, navigating across thousands of kilometres as they migrate between where they feed and where they nest. When you choose a symbolic animal adoption, you generously support WWF’s global conservation efforts. Disclaimer: This gift package is produced in association with Sea Turtle Foundation Limited, Registered ABN number: 61127389619.The Hawksbill turtle is one of the world’s great travelers, covering distances of up to 2400km between their feeding and breeding grounds.

Only one in one thousand baby sea turtles survive into adulthood because they are a source of food for other marine animals and birds. Every donation helps save endangered wildlife, protect fragile ecosystems, and build a future where people live in harmony with nature.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. If you would like to get more involved, you can join us at the Rescue Centre as a volunteer and help us care for our turtle patients. Oceans play a critical role in sustaining human life by providing essential resources such as food, freshwater, and oxygen.

The countries include: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Niue, Russia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. For every person that registers their gift, Gift Republic donates approximately 10% of the RRP directly to Sea Turtle Foundation Limited. By adopting a turtle, you’re helping to protect endangered loggerhead turtles and their nesting sites on beaches, increase hatchling survival rates and raise awareness in tourism destinations about the importance of protecting the marine turtle population. Aggressive fishing practices, poaching for turtle shells and pollution (which turtle’s mistake for food) all contribute to the dwindling turtle population.It plants new trees and supports local people to build thriving livelihoods, through community managed tree nurseries and the creation of forest-based tourism experiences. With your support, more corals that have been previously destroyed can be saved by growing them in a nursery before transplanting them back to the natural reefs. By adopting a Galapagos giant tortoise today you can help to protect this species, their habitats and other Galapagos wildlife.