FELA: Friends of the East London Aquarium

30/05/2025

28/05/2025

06/05/2025

It's Turtle Tuesday!🐢

Here's our 2024 Turtle Season Wrap-Up 🌍
We worked with three species! The Vulnerable Loggerheads, the Endangered Green Turtles and the Critically Endangered Hawksbill❕️

• This season, we welcomed turtles of all sizes into our Rehab - from tiny hatchlings to mature adults. Of the 79 hatchlings we cared for, 42 were translocated from due to Cape Town’s busy turtle season ✨️
• Many turtles recovered and were released (some fitted with acoustic tags! ) 🔊
• Sadly, a few didn’t make it due to plastic ingestion, unknown infections, and injuries.🚯

Thanks to everyone who reported strandings, supported releases, and helped make 2024 a season of hope and impact. 💚

Here’s to a successful 2025 season—may it bring many more happy releases 🌊 See you next week for another Turtle Tuesday update 💚

26/04/2025

Coastal journals available at the Aquarium in EL. Features our beautiful marine wildlife and beaches by local photographers. Proceeds go towards Ocean Life Line Project pick up yours for an unforgettable gift.

25/04/2025