Our Mission: Direct Protection of Sea Turtles and Their Eggs from Poachers (over 20 years).
Poachers come in the cover of night to rob her eggs. Sometimes they come for her meat, killing all turtles on a beach; sometimes they take them alive on cruel journeys to be sold on the black market.
The nesting process takes hours. A sea turtle must dig a hole 2 to 5 feet deep to deposit her eggs. Afterwards, she must carefully fill and camouflage the hole – her last attempt to protect the offspring she must leave behind.
Sea Turtle Patrollers make the difference. Patrolling is a direct protection, boots-on-the-ground job. It’s difficult—sometimes dangerous—but a highly effective conservation tool. Countless sea turtles and habitats exist today that would not without community-based patrollers. They walk the beach through the night, often in tropical downpours. When they find a nesting turtle, they sit with her, protecting her until she returns to the ocean and safeguarding her eggs thereafter. When the hatchlings emerge, patrollers protect them on their first journey to the ocean.
HELP US SAVE SEA TURTLES IN 2024
DONATE TO SAVE TURTLES : Your donation supports salaries of turtle patrollers who protect nesting sea turtles and their eggs from poachers in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Philippines. Option are available for personal email for tribute and special occasion donations.
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What We Do:
Save the Turtles is a grassroots, all-volunteer non-profit that has been saving endangered sea turtles since 2001. Our donations help pay the salaries of community-based turtle patrollers. We send grants to 2 projects in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Philippines. Nearly all monies raised goes to direct protection of sea turtles. Your donation goes a long way to support a sustainable community based on sea turtle protection while also teaching the youth about conservation.
Why care?
Marine Biologists know sea turtles are essential for the health of our eco-system. They are vital for the health of our oceans and on land. Each of the 7 species provide critical behaviors which support a sustainable environment. For example, Green Sea Turtles eat sea grass keeping our sea beds short providing breeding grounds for fish and other marine life to thrive. Turtles’ eggs are essential for healthy beaches giving nutrition for vegetation necessary to keep our dunes from eroding.
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