Etiqueta 'World Sea Turtle Day'
Thunderbird | The Dangerous Journey Of A Sea Turtle
This is the story of Thunderbird, a loggerhead turtle that escaped from ghost fishing gear in the Mediterranean and, if our worst suspicions are confirmed, ended up being unintentionally caught by the industrial fishing fleet in Senegal. This video shows Thunderbird´s extraordinary journey, of more than 6,000 km over 7 months, discovering some of the main threats that sea turtles and other marine megafauna species face throughout their lives.
Turtle’s tale from Mallorca reveals double fishing threat
Entanglement in abandoned or lost fishing gear has become the major threat for sea turtles in the Balearic Islands.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"