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*Join the Grupo Tortuguero! Volunteer, attend annual meetings, work to spread the conservation message in your area. Contact Daniel Durazo, volunteer coordinator from Pro Peninsula and the Grupo Tortuguero by phone at 619-574-6643, or by email at daniel@propeninsula.org.
*Donate to the Grupo Tortuguero! You can directly support the work of the Grupo Tortuguero through a tax-deductible online donation. Click here to be taken to Pro Peninsula's secure online donation tool. All donations are made through Pro Peninsula and 100% of your contribution will be used to support the work of the Grupo Tortuguero. Please specify in the comment box that this is a donation to the Grupo Tortuguero.
*Get Informed! Read through the Grupo Tortuguero website to learn about
our work and download reports and information about the status of sea
turtles in Mexico and throughout the world. You can also join our
listserv to receive information and updates related to sea turtle
conservation, as well as invitations to Grupo Tortuguero meetings and
events. Click here to sign up!
*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! Be creative, you can help as much as you can imagine. 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.
The Mexican agency in charge of protecting turtles is PROFEPA. Toll free number in Mexico: 01.800.770.3372. You can also send information on illegal activities to the regional office of PROFEPA or send them an e-mail to denuncias@profepa.gob.mx.
Toll free number in the U.S.: 1.866.SEA.TIPS
In Baja California, contact Jesús Lucero , field coordinator of the Grupo Tortuguero at 011-52-612-125-7824 or by email at chuy@grupotortuguero.org.
For more information or to join the Grupo Tortuguero, email us at: info@grupotortuguero.org.
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