50 successfully rehabilitated sea turtles released for Endangered Species Day
ABU DHABI, 18th May, 2017 (WAM) --The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, EAD, in collaboration with the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project, DTRP, and Emirates Palace, have released 49 Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) and one Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) on the beach of Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. This event is in celebration of Endangered Species Day, which falls on 19th of May. The event highlights the plight of many threatened and cri
Dubai school pupils return 70 rehabilitated turtles to the sea
DUBAI // A rare olive ridley sea turtle named Barnacle is the latest to be returned to the Arabian Gulf after rescue and recovery at Jumeirah’s Al Naseem rehabilitation lagoon. Children from the Dubai British School bought a satellite tag for Barnacle that will enable them to track her progress online. The children were invited to the release to learn more about the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project and wave the turtles off from the beach by Jumeirah Al Naseem. Since the pr
UAE sea turtles at risk of disappearing
The species will become extinct if measures to save them not
A new study on the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles in the UAE shows the species is at risk of disappearing from our shores if more is not done to save them. The study, by environmental biologist Ada Natoli and scientist Dr. Rima Jabado, was conducted on more than 400 turtles across 67 nests in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sir Bu Nair Island in April. “A key finding in the report shows a low genetic diversity in UAE’s turtle population. This means hawksbills from one nest
