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Endangered turtles released in Dubai after being rehabilitated.
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2/11/2025
110 hawksbill turtles were released at Villa beach Dubai on World Sea Turtle Day after being rehabilitated. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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It was a great day in Dubai on World Sea Turtle Day as 110 hawksbill yearlings were released
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into the wild at Villa Beach across from the iconic Burj Al Arab. The ongoing turtle rehabilitation
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project based at the Burj Al Arab and Madinat Jumeirah aims to rescue, rehabilitate and
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release back into the wild any sea turtles that are found sick or injured throughout
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the region.
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Today's celebration really at the end of the day is a massive thank you, 10 years thank
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you to the people of the UAE for supporting our project. Obviously we celebrated the day
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with 75 children at Emirati school that have come along and we're really proud of our achievements
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to be able to get these young children to come along and first hand see these, it's
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a once in a lifetime opportunity to see these animals getting released back to the sea.
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We get periods of, at different times of the year we get different turtles, so right
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now it's very hot so we're getting large animals, large sea turtles, they're getting
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washed up on the shore. Impact trauma from jet skis, boats, ingestion of plastic bags,
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fishing line entanglement, all those sort of things. All the turtles you saw released
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today came in to us in December and January. In those cooler months these small turtles
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which are born as far as Qatar, Abu Dhabi area, they travel along the UAE coast to head
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out to the Indian Ocean, but during these months in December and January when the sea
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temperatures get down to even 11 degrees, these marine reptiles really struggle with
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the cold temperatures. So with that, with the positive buoyancy, with the rough seas
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that we have in December and January, these animals when they get washed up on the shore
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they're starving hungry, dehydrated, covered in barnacles. This is the end product, this
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is really what we kind of worked all those months for really, just to get these animals
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back out to sea. Initially the turtles are kept behind the scenes at Burj Al Arab where
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they are given intensive examination, veterinary treatment and husbandry support. Once the
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turtles are deemed fit, they are transported to the outdoor enclosures to await their eventual
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release back into their native environments. Another key focus of this project is to educate
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local children, citizens and international hotel guests about sea turtle biology and
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the local and global plight of the sea turtle. Logan Fish for Gulf News.
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