At least 152 newly-hatched Hawksbill turtles were released to the sea in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya in Davao City on Tuesday, Sept. 12. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte together with students saw the endangered baby turtles returned...
BACOLOD CITY – A juvenile hawksbill sea turtle rescued after it accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook last month was released back to the sea in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 4. On June 7, a fisherman from Barangay Manta-angan, E.B. Magalona, caught the young sea turtle...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – Some 115 newly hatched Olive Ridley Sea turtles were released in Sitio Paraiso, Barangay Cutcutan here recently. Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) officer Ramil Gutierrez said their release was...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Three-hundred thirty-two olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings were released back to the sea here by the Bantay Dagat on Jan. 9 and 10. Jay Lim of Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) said Sherwin Rosales, a staff of the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), reported that they were released...
An endangered sea turtle was rescued after it got trapped in a fishnet off Cajidiocan, Romblon, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, September 10. An endangered sea turtle was rescued after it got trapped in fishnet off Cajidiocan, Romblon on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Photo courtesy of...
A total of 84 Green sea turtle hatchlings were released by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Culasi on June 27, 2021 at Brgy. San Francisco Norte, Tibiao, Antique. The Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is considered endangered (EN) species by the International Union for...
