Tracking Poachers Using Fake Eggs
Sea turtles eggs have been poached for hundreds of years but it is today a very critical situation given the status of sea turtles. Every year in Nicaragua and other countries its several hundred of eggs that disappear in the hand of poachers for the black market. To that extent, Paso Pacifico proposed to design fake eggs equipped with a GSM transmitter that could be tracked over cellular networks in order to better understand and maybe stop the illegal trade
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Baby loggerhead sea turtle released back into the wild
TREE foundation has released more than 6000 hatchling back into the wild since January
Health & Medical
Miscellany
A 184-year old tortoise from Saint Helena receives a bath
From the Library…
The book “A sheltered Life” by Paul Chambers. A book about the history of the giant tortoise.
One of the book picks in the Pondcast episode 23
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Photo from Paso Pacifico.
