FORMER PHILLIPINE EGG POACHERS PROTECT SEA TURTLES

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FORMER PHILLIPINE EGG POACHERS PROTECT SEA TURTLES

 

By David Dudenhoefer

 

BATAAN, Philippines, October 25, 2002 (ENS) - For

years, Filipino fisherman Manolo Ibias searched the

beach near his home at night for nesting olive ridley

turtles, the eggs of which he sold for about 500 pesos

(US$10) per nest. Ibias and his neighbors still patrol

the beach at night, but now they bury the eggs they

find at a hatchery, where they guard them until the

baby turtles hatch and crawl to the sea.

 

http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2002/2002-10-25-01.asp

 

 

 

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