Be The Change!

This story also connects to a turtle called Handhu .
Handgun was severely disentangled and rescuers knew he
was in a terrible condition as there was a deep laceration
to his right left flipper. Luckily he has recovered slowly and
is still getting treated. The nurses are aiming for Handu to
have a happy successful life now that he is treated with the
right care.
Secondly, an additional reason why human activity is
harming turtles is because of illegal trade in selling turtle
shells. For example, turtle shells are very popular and
people like to buy them. Evidence supporting this is that in
many places, turtle shells are used to make jewelry and
other luxury items to sell to tourists and this is
endangering turtles. A solution for this problem is to be a
valid customer and know the consciences for the innocent
turtles out there.
Moreover, a further reason that shows human activity is
harming the population of turtles is climate change.
Climate change is causing the earth to heat up. For
example, sand is also heating up and this is impacting. Male
and female turtle hatchlings change as a result of the sand
temperature. If the sand is hotter the gender is most likely
to be female. This means that the balance of sea turtles
will be more biased towards females and this could lead to
reducing turtle population in the future.
Finally, an increase in severe storms is another climate
change problem affecting turtles. For example, hurricanes
and tropical cyclones could make the problem of beach
erosion happen faster. This means that sea turtles' nesting
habitat are more likely to be flooded and this means that
nesting success rates will be lowered. This would endanger
turtles even in the future.
Even though Handhu was rescued in the Maldives, the
same issues affect turtles in Qatar.
Our beautiful country Qatar is home to 5 out of 7 turtle
species, but they are dying because of our actions. Now
250,000 turtles die per year and you probably didn’t know
that only 0.1% of turtles survive to nesting age - Dr
Mariana Olive Ridley Project. If you can make these minor
changes to your everyday life you will impact Qatar and the
turtles greatly.
What are these changes? You might be asking yourself,
they are small changes like turning of lights when not in
the room to save electricity or not wasting your food
because when you waste food it releases a greenhouse gas
called methane which is 82 times worse than Co2. These
are small changes that will directly affect Qatar and other
countries with vast turtle populations.