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How You Can Help Save Sea Turtles
*Join the Grupo Tortuguero! Volunteer,
attend annual meetings, work to spread the conservation message in your area.
Contact Lindsey Peavey, volunteer coordinator for Pro Peninsula and the Grupo
Tortuguero by phone at 619-808-7730 or by email at lindsey@propeninsula.org.
*Distribute Information: Young leaders of the conservation movement offer
educational presentations in schools and at annual meetings throughout Mexico
and the United States. Additionally, Grupo Tortuguero and our members have a lot
of valuable information available for distribution to schools, clubs and
individuals. For more information related to our environmental education and
outreach programs, click here
or email us at info@grupotortuguero.org.
*Take Action: A collection of
environmental groups sent a letter to Pope John Paul the second in Rome
requesting that he denounce the consumption of turtle meat during Semana Santa.
Another method of educating the public is to send a letter to the editor of your
local paper, with a description of the suffering being endured by turtles and
their fight for survival.
*Create a social stigma associated with the consumption of sea turtles: Think
critically about how your diet affects the creatures of the sea and earth. Don't
eat sea turtles!
*Report illegal activity: If you see anyone capturing a turtle, selling
turtle meat or eggs, or transporting a turtle or any of its parts, please report
it! If it is possible, take a photo or write down the details of the situation-
get a description of the people who were committing the act.
Toll free number in Mexico: 01.800.687.8477
Toll free number in the U.S.: 1.866.SEA.TIPS
In Baja California, contact Jesús
Lucero, field coordinator of the Grupo Tortuguero at 011-52-612-120-3763 or by
email at chuy@grupotortuguero.org.
The Mexican agency in charge of protecting turtles is PROFEPA, you can also send
information on illegal activities to the regional office of PROFEPA.
For more information or to join the Grupo Tortuguero, email us at: info@grupotortuguero.org.
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