Cayman Turtle Farm located wild turtles threatened by the resumption of the controversial 'wild release program' of it.
The site released a 15-year-old green sea turtles on Saturday, May 21 to Barkers Beach in West Bay.
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The farm was forced to suspend the program released a controversial wild in 2013 to disease problems and other problems of poor animal husbandry at the following establishments. We first raised concerns about the program's release in 2012 farms.
Officials said the turtle farm was "satisfied itself through extensive testing and the available scientific data" and turtles "will not cause any health risk to wild turtles." However, in 2015, the farm had deliberately tried to cover up the death of more than 1,000 turtles, caused by a pandemic, despite the threat it causes to public health.
"The Farm Turtle Release resumed its program is a ticking time bomb for wild turtles in the Caribbean and around the world," said Dr. Neil D'Cruze, Head of Policy and Wildlife Research in Security animal welfare world said,
"It is astonishing that the Turtle Farm has decided to continue with the release of his controversial. The facility has an extraordinary record of poor care turtles, evidenced by the 1,268 tortoises died due to outbreak Clostridium in 2014. It is incomprehensible that they appear to be allowed to make this decision for themselves. "
"We are very disappointed that the Government bitter Cayman Islands did not intervene to prevent from happening versions, or even inform us that they will occur, despite our previous agreement me to maintain a dialogue. "
A variety of different diseases have repeatedly identified in stress overload conditions on the farms. Clostridium outbreak last year is a clear reminder of the risk of illness caused by the farm. The disease can be passed on to wild populations through the release of turtles into the wild animal.
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Since it was first opened in 1968, the camp claimed to have released more than 31,000 captive sea turtle back into the wild hybrid. However, according to the Ministry of Environment figures, only 200 green sea turtles nesting on the beach Caymanian.
D'Cruze said: "Even if all 200 sea turtle nests in Cayman sourced from farms, which account for only 0.006% of its issued 31,000. Ideally this is a poor use sea turtle conservation dollars, at worst it is spreading deadly diseases to wild populations. "
The Farm costs for the more than $ 9 million per year for the payment of debts and low gate receipts. animal facts for kids protection world are calling for the farm to finish programs wild released his controversial use of the funds available to invest in more efficient methods to protect turtle populations wild, such as increasing
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