Rescued sea turtles released into wild after rehabilitation

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Rescued sea turtles released into wild after rehabilitation. Turtles were released into the ocean after being rehabilitated by Emirates Marine Environmental Group at Jebel Ali Marine Sanctuary. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Around 700 Dubai residents flocked to the Jebel Ali Marine Sanctuary on Friday morning

00:11to celebrate the World Environment Day.

00:14Emirates Marine Environmental Group, Dubai Municipality, Naqil and Burj Al Arab Rehab

00:19Center organized a special event in the Gantut Reserve to raise awareness about human impact

00:25on the marine and coastal environment.

00:27The main highlights of the event is the release of rescued sea turtles back into the ocean.

00:32The turtle is very important.

00:33We are doing a big project.

00:34I am also the general manager of WWF and we are tagging these turtles to make sure these

00:41turtles are in the Gulf and they are making the pellets with the jellyfish because they

00:46are eating jellyfish and make the pellets and that's why we care about them.

00:50Also they are part of the whole marine life.

00:53You know it's a big challenge because we need understanding, you know people to understand

00:58about these species, you know how we care about them and why we care about it.

01:02You know like the eggs, it's not allowed to touch the eggs before people eating the eggs

01:06and now it's stopped.

01:07You know like six months in the jail if somebody touched these eggs or the turtle.

01:12This is why this awareness is coming and everybody you know about it.

01:16I think we should encourage them as much as possible.

01:18I think the more awareness there is out there, the fact that we have these amazing beaches

01:23with these amazing turtles.

01:25These are Hawksbill turtles.

01:26They are not just any old turtle that are coming here to nest and we are able to release

01:31them back into the wild.

01:32The ones they are going to release into the wild are rehabilitated so therefore you know

01:37there's a lot of care and concern and I think if you look at all the people here today you'll

01:41see there's a need for this sort of thing in Dubai because there needs to be more environmental

01:48awareness.

01:49We live in a concrete jungle and it's nice to come out and see something which is natural

01:53and hopefully sustainable.

01:57They have to know what is important for the environment first of all and this is not only

02:02studies.

02:03Most of them they are giving importance for studies, so not only importance for some extracurricular

02:08activities, other activities.

02:09They have to know, they have to study about animals, birds, everything.

02:14The Emirates Marine Environmental Group hopes to increase awareness of the threats to the

02:19marine ecosystems in the UAE as well as the need to reduce waste and protect the environment.

02:24Irish Eden Belleza for Gulf News.

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