We officially re-started our monitoring activities in Diani on February 1st! For the next 6 months, Biologist Leah Mainye will be coordinating the project on-site. Her job includes conducting surveys, expanding the area monitored and assisting with establishing new partnerships along Kenya’s south coast. We are excited to have Leah back on the team, and have asked her to share … Read More
The Rescue Centre is running at more than max capacity with 10 turtle patients in house. Since the last update we have had 2 releases, 9 new arrivals and, sadly, 5 patients who passed away.
Released Ash – Arrived 27 November, Released 29 December 2020 Ash was doing so well, eating very keenly, swimming well and pooping, but not plastic! She was released on 29 December 2020. We took her out on boat full of well wishers and she swam off happily, needing no encouragement. Good luck, Ash! New Arrivals Shellma – Arrived 16 January … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Azura, Discovery, Xena, Ash & Harry New Arrivals Harry, Arrived 20 December 2020 Harry is an adult male hawksbill turtle. He was found floating amongst a big pile of rubbish at a resort in the Alif Alif Atoll. He didn’t appear to have any external wounds, but he was floating with his back end up, very lethargic … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Azura, Discovery, and Xena. New Arrival Xena is an adult female Olive ridley. She was found floating upside down and missing her left front flipper in Lhaviyani Atoll back in October 2019. She has been rehabilitating at Atoll Marine Centre all this while but recently started deteriorating, refusing food, losing weight and showing signs of shifting buoyancy … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Azura, Discovery and Hubert. Released Coral – Arrived 11 July 2020 Coral had come on leaps and bounds since arriving at the rescue centre in July. She arrived buoyant but with some good food and time to recover, she started to be able to dive beautifully. Her shell was looking great too and so we are happy … Read More
Current patients – Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Azura, Discovery and Coral. Current patients – Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Temporarily closed Released Eve – Arrived 26th December 2018, Released 30 July 2020 After 19 months of rehabilitation, Eve was finally ready to go home and we are so pleased to announce that we released her on the 30th July. … Read More
Current patients – Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, and Discovery. Current patients -Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve. Released Mascha – Arrived 24 January, Released 13 April 2020 Mascha arrived in late January with a badly damaged front flipper that required amputation. After around 3 months of care in our Rescue Centre, her wound healed well and she … Read More
Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Fidji, Masha, and Discovery. Current patients Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve. Released Bishy – Arrived 9th January, Released 29th March 2020 Bishy’s wounds healed really well. Once we started catching her resting at the bottom the tank we knew she was nearly ready to be released. Bishy took turns with … Read More
IPNLF and ORP pledge to jointly tackle the scourge of lost and abandoned fishing gear that’s haunting environmentally critical marine life and habitats. The partnership builds on the recently announced initiative to collect and upcycle ghost gear, funded by the inaugural Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award.
