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Your Monthly Turtle News Letter: December 2012Also released were 3 other sea turtles, 1 with a hook injury and 2 with thedisease fibropapillomatosis, after we had removed and cauterized the tumors.We also admitted a juvenile hawksbill which seemed to be rotting all over….thiswas a very sad case and she died the next day. The vet determined from thesamples analysed that she had a case of poisoning.EducationAll our schools have been closed in December. It has been a wonderful yearwith 3 new schools being integrated in the programme. The lessons included: Drawing on (marine ecosystems, mangroves, turtles and their threats,marine pollution.
Your Monthly Turtle News Letter: December 2012 Essay writing on the above Poem writing on marine life and conservation. Power point presentations on turtle biology and ecology, turtle threats,importance of turtle to the ecosystem and the need for their conservation Presentations on Mangrove ecosystems and coral reef ecosystemsWe had 42 different institutions visit our project and 2265 studentsaccompanied by 284 WCK patrons. Our education officer also had theopportunity to give a presentation in Malindi to the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. Wealso involved 3 institutions in our Mangrove planting initiative.Community OutreachA meeting was to be held between Watamu BMU, Uyombo BMU and KilifiFisheries to agree on the terms of fishing grounds which did not materializebecause one of the parties failed to arrive. Uniting these groups is a possibleand definite way to stop the ring netters inWatamu waters. We are working with theconcerned parties to bring an amicable andlasting solution, in hopes that they will speakin one voice against trawling and other illegalactivities.We conducted 2 anti-poaching surveys inDecember. The bones and carapaces foundmade up 5 large sea turtles.
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