The Ecological Police of Puerto Vallarta Supports Sea Turtle Protection

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Monday, August 26, 2013

Social Communication
Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta

The ecological police collected during the last week a total of 988 sea turtle eggs, as well as 151 quelonio hatchlings that were released into the sea, as part of preventive actions carried out by the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, through the department of Municipal Ecology and the municipal coordination of the Disaster and Fire Prevention Department.

In this regard, the commander of the Tourism and Ecological Police, Felipe Camacho Guzman reported that the work of preserving this endangered species is carried out by the soldiers on the beaches Camarones, Los Muertos, Olas Altas, Flamingos, Holiday Inn and Boca de Tomates, where in a permanent way, this season, they keep collecting eggs and releasing hatchlings so that they can continue their life cycle.

He explained that when there is a turtle nesting, it is immediately reported to the Department of Environment and Ecology under Luis Fernando Gonzalez Guevara, since they are responsible for carrying out the collection, however they can not always go to do it due to the large number of cases that occur daily, therefore the officers are the ones who removed the eggs from the nest and move them into one of four turtle camps that are in the city.

Daily a control of the nesting turtles and the number of eggs that are collected from each nest is performed, figures that are delivered to the Department of Ecology to track and prevent new cases of looting.

It should be noted that recently a group of forty tourism police officers received a training course in turtle care, in order that each day, a greater number of officers are able to protect this species.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/54599.html"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]