14 thousand 960 newborn turtles were sent to the sea – Photo: Express News
Karachi: The season of green turtles in Hawke’s Bay is over and this year Sindh Wildlife sent 14 thousand 960 hatchlings on a new journey of life and 16 female turtles headed to the coastal areas of Karachi. Tags were also applied.
Chief Conservator Javed Maher said that the breeding season of sea turtles at Hawke’s Bay in Karachi is from September to February every year. It was 530.
Out of these turtles, 270 green turtles took the journey back to the sea after the walk, 260 female turtles chose a place to lay their eggs and dug a hole to lay their eggs.
Javed Maher said that in this way the Marine Turtle Conservation Unit of Sindh Wildlife at Hawke’s Bay protected 260 nests and kept them safe from wild animals and other insects and 14 thousand 960 hatchlings hatched from these eggs kept in the protective enclosure. Whom he helped to set off safely towards the sea on the journey of a new life.
Wildlife officials have been making arrangements for green turtles in Hawke’s Bay for years – Photo: Express News
He said that 16 female turtles visiting the beaches of Karachi were also tagged.
It should be noted that since the 1970s, thanks to the hard work and efforts of the staff at the Sindh Wildlife Marine Turtle Conservation Unit at Hawke’s Bay, the protection of the sites during the nesting season of sea turtles and the millions of hatchlings on their long journey in the sea. has sent
Thousands of newborn turtles were sent on a new journey – Photo: Xpress News
Female green turtles migrate from the deep sea to the Hawke’s Bay and Sandspit beaches to lay eggs, digging trenches in the soft sand to lay the eggs, and the mother is not there to protect the hatchlings on the day they hatch. As soon as they hatch from the eggs, the babies head to the sea and this is where the dangerous journey begins, the flying birds of prey and then the dangerous world of the sea, in which many lives are lost and few survive. A percentage are called “Great Survivors”.
These turtles have been unable to defend their breeding sites on the shores of Sandspit, Hawke’s Bay for centuries and it is feared that future generations may find their mention in books.
In the backdrop of global climate change, the planet’s biodiversity is under threat and action is needed with the participation of all stakeholders.
The Wildlife Department sent 14,960 newborn turtles on a new journey – Photo: Express News
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