Turtle Recue Project Update, 2 Sept 2020: First hatchlings have arrived!

We are so happy to share with you that the first turtles have hatched from their eggs!

While just about a week ago we found the last turtle nest of this season, yesterday the eggs from the first nests we found on 22/06 have hatched and we welcomed 96 Yellow-Spotted River Turtle hatchlings to the Tapiche Jungle Reserve. These 96 babies are the very first out of 150 eggs which is a great percentage! We have collected almost 10k eggs through June, July and August. Thank you so much for your help, without it we couldn't do it!

We have successfully transferred the hatchlings to our nursery at the lodge from where they will be released into the lagoons inside of the reserve once their shells have hardened.

Thank you so much to everybody supporting us, we could not do this without you! It is such a big reward to see those baby turtles hatch and get a chance of survival in the Tapiche Jungle Reserve.

We are incredibly thankful for all the support we have been receiving these past few months and weeks and want to share these amazing pictures with you. It saddens us that you can't be with us at the reserve at the moment to witness this first-hand, but we are so happy that we are able to share this virtually! Please enjoy and share it with your friends to pass some of nature's magic moments.

We haven't reached our fundraising goal yet and that the turtles are hatching means that there still is a lot of work to do. Now we have to closely monitor the hatchery to make sure we transfer the new hatchlings into the water as fast as possible. We have to go out to the lagoons regularly to bring food like aquatic plants back to the lodge and also are making sure that the hatchlings are protected from and natural predators. You see, we are very busy fostering those little hatchlings and are thankful for all the support we are getting.

You can still support the Turtle Rescue Project on GoFundMe: https://gf.me/u/ymiuz4