09/06/2020
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• Villagers from the area often collect eggs 🥚🥚and bring them to be buried to the sand Hatchery in Peraliya. If there’s lot of 🌞sunshine, they hatch in about 48 days. The baby turtles🐢🐢 are then placed in tanks for about 10 days to prepare them for their release.
• Turtles are frequently injured at 🌊sea. Many get caught in fishing nets, whilst others are attacked by people attempting to catch and kill them for their meat. The few that survive are cared for by Turtle🐢 Farms such as these, and those that make a good recovery are re-released to the🌊 sea.
• These Farms encourage locals to bring in eggs 🥚🥚or turtles to them by making a payment to them as incentive. This helps to conserve turtle stocks and persuade people to stop selling and eating turtles 🐢and their eggs.