ENDANGERED SPECIES
Published: 03:08 PM,Aug 02,2022 | EDITED : 07:08 PM,Aug 02,2022
Environmentalist Argenis Pantoja checks a turtle hatchling of the endangered loggerhead (Caretta caretta) species before it is released into the ocean by conservationists who protect them from predators in a nursery on El Puerto beach, in the fishing village of La Sabana, La Guaira State, Venezuela. The Ministry of Popular Power for Eco-Socialism (Minec), together with volunteers and naturalists, are developing a sea turtle conservation project aimed at protecting endangered species by collecting their eggs to nest them in a hatchery and releasing them into the sea after birth. -- AFP
Environmentalist Argenis Pantoja checks a turtle hatchling of the endangered loggerhead (Caretta caretta) species before it is released into the ocean by conservationists who protect them from predators in a nursery on El Puerto beach, in the fishing village of La Sabana, La Guaira State, Venezuela. The Ministry of Popular Power for Eco-Socialism (Minec), together with volunteers and naturalists, are developing a sea turtle conservation project aimed at protecting endangered species by collecting their eggs to nest them in a hatchery and releasing them into the sea after birth. -- AFP