courtesy of RTVAC:

Release of a turtle recovered during the IV International Meeting of Environmental Volunteering in the Canary Islands organized by the Association of Volunteers of Nature Assistance of Fuerteventura AVANFUER.

The beach of Butihondo in Pájara was chosen to make a release of the Caretta caretta turtle that had entered the recovery facilities on 4/21/19 as a result of citizen collaboration when picked up by a ship near the Morro Jable pier, The said turtle weighed 13.55kg

Diario:

Sea Turtle Recovery and Conservation Center reopens

• The opening hours to the public are maintained from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, except holidays.
  

[color=#302a1f][size=small][color=#000000][font=Roboto, Arial]The Center for recovery and Conservation of Sea Turtles of Fuerteventura has reopened

Radio Sintonia:

Awareness and dissemination on World Environment, Oceans and Sea Turtle Day.

The Cabildo de Fuerteventura, through the Ministry of Environmental Sustainability, has scheduled a series of workshops on dissemination and environmental awareness on the occasion of the World Day of the Environment, Oceans and Sea Turtles, which are held on June 5, 8 and 16, respectively.

Protecting our environment

The main objective of these activities is to promote the protection of our n

Radio Sintonia:

The spy turtle released in the Canary Islands to monitor the Macaronesian waters. The sentinel turtle of climate change is released in the archipelago to "spy" the Macaronesian waters.
Yesterday, August 9, 2023, an exciting event took place on the beach of Cofete, Fuerteventura. "Chofe", a valuable loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), was released in the same place where it first saw the light in 2007. But this was no ordinary liberation. Chofe, 15 years old and weighing 92 k

The animal, named Pintá, was born on the beach 18 years ago


The island's Cabildo commemorates the International Day Against Climate Change with the release of Pintá, a loggerhead turtle that was born in Cofete 18 years ago.



The release, on the very beach of its source, represents an important advance in the study of how this phenomenon affects marine species.



"Before its release, the specimen was equipped with a satellite tracking device, financed by the Loro Parque Found