Sea Turtles 911 is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of sea turtles. Our efforts are focused in China on the Hainan Island coastal regions, home to the critically endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle and the endangered Green Sea Turtle. Our endeavors here are complicated, and perhaps all the more so crucial, in light of the fact that the region’s people have a long standing practice of hunting sea turtles for their

meat and gathering sea turtle eggs from beaches to be sold as dining delicacies. As plain as it may seem that such practices are wrong, reversing an ingrained tradition and threatening people’s livelihoods are matters which must be approached with certain tact. While taking firm action to save as many sea turtles as we can on a daily basis, we acknowledge that our efforts can only make a measurable and sustained difference if we can spread awareness and appreciation for sea turtles among the local people, eventually converting would be poachers into protectors and allies of these magnificent, graceful, and gentle creatures.
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