Once swimming out at sea, swordfish, fishermen’s nets and discarded plastic are just some of the dangers they encounter.

Exploited for entertainment these animals will never make it back into the wild unless we take action. We’ll keep your personal details safe and won’t share with them with any other organisations for their marketing purposes. the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office including information on safety and security, local laws, currency and health. A lot of times I see a plastic bag floating in the ocean and I go after it because it looks like a jellyfish. Your donation will also help us provide essential funding for GPS tagging of our turtles and security cameras around our site.Please let us know how you're happy to hear about our wider conservation work and other ways you can help such as fundraising, campaigning and events.

The Sea Turtle Conservancy® logo and logo turtle are registered trademarks of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. It’s a really wonderful thing to do and we were often rewarded by a rogue hatchling being uncovered and found to be perfectly healthy! Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee you will be able to witness a public release of your adopted sea turtle. Though olive ridleys are the most abundant of sea turtles, they are also threatened by fisheries bycatch, egg harvest, and coastal development. 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.is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax ID number 52-1693387) under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Sea turtle populations are crashing world-wide and one of the main pressures on Malaysian populations is the consumption of their eggs. Your tree adoption will help to support the care of a newly planted tree seedling in one of the TUI Care Foundation’s forests around the world. 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. Two exclusive magazines: WWF’s ‘Wild World’ and ‘My Turtle’ with news and updates for your adopted animal.

You will also receive an annual report of the Lang Tengah Project or Tanjong Jara Resort, depending on where your adopted turtle was sighted.

Lang Tengah Turtle Watch is a Malaysian turtle conservation organization with projects on Pulau Lang Tengah, Tanjong Jara Resort, Pantai Chakar Hutan, and Pulau Perhentian. 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. In 2021, 356 coral fragments of five coral species, which are Acropora muricata, Porites cylindrica, Hydnophora rigida, Acropora florida and Acropora longicyathus, were grown in our coral nurseries. For every person that registers their gift, Gift Republic donates approximately 10% of the RRP directly to Sea Turtle Foundation Limited.

You will receive updates of your adopted turtle to let you know when and how often we have encountered it nesting and/or feeding in the area. The flatback turtle is the least studied of the sea turtles and has one of the smallest geographic ranges. As a “keystone species”, sea turtles play a vital role in maintaining the health of the world’s ocean and marine ecosystems as prey, consumer, competitor, and host.

Under the Liquor Control Act 1988, it’s an offence: to sell or supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years on a licensed or regulated premises; or for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase, or attempt to purchase, liquor or regulated premises. Adopt a Turtle and the recipient gets a beautiful gift pack to let them know just how much you care about them. We will send you updates on the growth and condition of the coral you have adopted in the nursery and its GPS location after it is outplanted to the natural reefs.