Aquaria Adopt a Turtle ~ Project to Protect the species ~
Project Adopt A Turtle is a collaborative conservation effort between Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DoFM), The Body Shop, Media Prima and Aquaria KLCC to rehabilitate the endangered turtles and terrapins.
This project aims to educate the public on turtle and terrapin biology (feeding, breeding and nesting), rescue and rehabilitation efforts through the Turtle Education Centre in Aquaria KLCC and carry out the work of conservation and preservation of the species through turtle and terrapin researchers and experts in DoFM .
Through the 1,500 micro-chipped turtles and terrapins released, turtle researchers and conservationists will be able to examine turtle and terrapin behaviors, investigate migratory patterns and monitor their survival rate better. The ability to track them through the microchips will con-tribute to the survival of the threatened species.
Donors will be presented with an adoption kit that carries the details of the microchip, a certificate of adoption and memo-rabilia of the project. Updates and progress reports of the microchipped turtles and terrapins will be monitored by the researchers and posted on Aquaria’s website for donors to keep track of their turtles or terrapins.
- Do not eat turtle meat and eggs.
- Adhere to turtle watching guidelines during turtle beach nesting.
- Do not litter. Plastic bags and rubbish that are washed down to sea choke and kill turtles.
- Support turtle conservation agencies.
- Spread the message of saving the turtles and terrapins.
The public can adopt the turtles at Aquaria KLCC or through any of 48 Body Shop outlets nationwide while Media Prima will be broad-casting the project via TV3’s Malaysia Hari Ini (MHI) and Majalah 3 throughout the duration of the project.
What more can you do to help them?
- Avoid turtle or terrapin-based products i.e. souvenirs, bags, accessories.
- Do not eat turtle meat and eggs.
- Adhere to turtle watching guidelines during turtle beach nesting.
- Do not litter. Plastic bags and rubbish that are washed down to sea choke and kill turtles.
- Support turtle conservation agencies.
- Spread the message of saving the turtles and terrapins.
4 comments:
Please note that UMT has nothing to do with Aquaria KLCC's Adopt A Turtle Program, because UMT has its own Turtle Outreach Program, which you can read about here -- http://www.umt.edu.my/seatru
As such, I'd really appreciate it if you could make the necessary changes in the blog post.
Thank you in advance.
i thought aquaria collaborat with UMT? which The Body Shop also joining the project. Supporting each other???
Well, Aquaria KLCC and UMT did sign an MoU, but not on this project. There were terms that were not agreeable between Aquaria and UMT, hence UMT is NOT involved in this particular project by Aquaria :)
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