http://hipcompass.com/2009/09/11/a-day-of-local-flavor/ The place for travel news, tips, unique destinations and more.... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:57:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hipcompass.com/2009/09/11/a-day-of-local-flavor/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Vanessa Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:32:15 +0000 http://hipcompass.com/?p=2364#comment-171 Barbara, I am sorry to hear that! I was informed by the hotel that this practice has increased the survival rates of these turtles. Perhaps the person I was speaking to was not as informed as they should be as they did tell me it was 1-2 weeks that the turtles were being kept. Perhaps it is shorter than that? There certainly were a lot of them, perhaps they were being fed? I don't know the answers to these questions, but you raise a good point, that no one should take on the job of "rescuing" wild animals unless they are knowledgable and capable of providing the exact care required. .-= Vanessa´s last blog ..<a href="http://thathappenedtome.com/2009/09/i-dated-the-ex-of-a-hollywood-starlet/" rel="nofollow">“I Dated the Ex of a Hollywood Starlet”</a> =-. Barbara,
I am sorry to hear that! I was informed by the hotel that this practice has increased the survival rates of these turtles. Perhaps the person I was speaking to was not as informed as they should be as they did tell me it was 1-2 weeks that the turtles were being kept. Perhaps it is shorter than that? There certainly were a lot of them, perhaps they were being fed? I don’t know the answers to these questions, but you raise a good point, that no one should take on the job of “rescuing” wild animals unless they are knowledgable and capable of providing the exact care required.
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]]> http://hipcompass.com/2009/09/11/a-day-of-local-flavor/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Barbara Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:05:57 +0000 http://hipcompass.com/?p=2364#comment-165 Dear Vanessa, Baby turtles, called crias, should NEVER be kept for any longer than a day before they are released into the waves. They need to start feeding immediately and to do that they need to be in the ocean. I learned this information in Turtle School put on by the Dept. of Ecology in Zhiuatanejo. If the hotel where you stayed is keeping baby turtles for any length of time, it is endangering their chances of survival and contributing only to the hotels bottom line. I hope you will help spread this important information so more baby turtles can find their way to the waves in time to survive! Barbara Dear Vanessa,
Baby turtles, called crias, should NEVER be kept for any longer than a day before they are released into the waves. They need to start feeding immediately and to do that they need to be in the ocean. I learned this information in Turtle School put on by the Dept. of Ecology in Zhiuatanejo. If the hotel where you stayed is keeping baby turtles for any length of time, it is endangering their chances of survival and contributing only to the hotels bottom line. I hope you will help spread this important information so more baby turtles can find their way to the waves in time to survive!
Barbara

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