filmov
tv
Sea Turtle Entangled in Ghost Net Rescued
Показать описание
This video shows the detrimental effects of so-called ghost nets on marine animals.
***Warning: GRAPHIC CONTENT***
Help Me Continue My Work of Saving Sea Turtles!
If you like what I am doing, please consider helping me to continue protecting and researching sea turtles. I cannot do it without your help. It only takes 500 of you, who can spare a fancy coffee per month, to make a real change. Download the new MilkyWire app and join me in saving sea turtles.
Thank you, you are amazing!
_______________________________________
Video Credit and Copyright: Christine Figgener
***
**
-----
This past 9th of August 2016, my research team once again encountered a sea turtle in distress.
We found an exhausted olive ridley female swimming close to our research boat and she was dragging a huge bulk of discarded fishing net behind her. Parts of it were wrapped around her throat and had already started to cut into her flesh.
We took her onboard our boat, cut-off the net, and disinfected her cuts with iodine. Due to the knowledge of the scarcity of sea turtle rehab facilities and lack of expert care for injured sea turtles in Costa Rica, we released the female back into the water since she seemed otherwise healthy and strong.
As biologists, we don't actively seek out injured wildlife, but our research happens to position us at the front-lines of reality looking at the detrimental effects of human impact on wildlife.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our research is approved by the US IACUC and is conducted under research permits issued by the Costa Rican government, MINAE/SINAC and CONAGEBio.
At this point, I would like to thank again everyone that donated to my GoFundMe Campaign during the past year! Without you, this field season 2016 wouldn't have been possible and we wouldn't have been to the right time at the right place to help. Thank you!
If you are interested in following my adventures in the world of marine turtles and ocean conservation, make sure to also follow me on Social Media:
Christine Figgener, PhD
-----------------------------------------------------
GHOST NETS
If you would like to learn more about Ghost Nets.
***Warning: GRAPHIC CONTENT***
Help Me Continue My Work of Saving Sea Turtles!
If you like what I am doing, please consider helping me to continue protecting and researching sea turtles. I cannot do it without your help. It only takes 500 of you, who can spare a fancy coffee per month, to make a real change. Download the new MilkyWire app and join me in saving sea turtles.
Thank you, you are amazing!
_______________________________________
Video Credit and Copyright: Christine Figgener
***
**
-----
This past 9th of August 2016, my research team once again encountered a sea turtle in distress.
We found an exhausted olive ridley female swimming close to our research boat and she was dragging a huge bulk of discarded fishing net behind her. Parts of it were wrapped around her throat and had already started to cut into her flesh.
We took her onboard our boat, cut-off the net, and disinfected her cuts with iodine. Due to the knowledge of the scarcity of sea turtle rehab facilities and lack of expert care for injured sea turtles in Costa Rica, we released the female back into the water since she seemed otherwise healthy and strong.
As biologists, we don't actively seek out injured wildlife, but our research happens to position us at the front-lines of reality looking at the detrimental effects of human impact on wildlife.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our research is approved by the US IACUC and is conducted under research permits issued by the Costa Rican government, MINAE/SINAC and CONAGEBio.
At this point, I would like to thank again everyone that donated to my GoFundMe Campaign during the past year! Without you, this field season 2016 wouldn't have been possible and we wouldn't have been to the right time at the right place to help. Thank you!
If you are interested in following my adventures in the world of marine turtles and ocean conservation, make sure to also follow me on Social Media:
Christine Figgener, PhD
-----------------------------------------------------
GHOST NETS
If you would like to learn more about Ghost Nets.
Комментарии