Endangered leatherback turtle killed and captured in a community in Southwestern Nigeria:
There have been growing concerns due to a video shared on social media of a dead leatherback turtle being hauled out of a car boot.
Over the past three generations, the population of leatherbacks has reduced by a massive 40%, Hence making it a vulnerable species (facing a high risk of extinction in the future). Due to the weak laws governing Poaching and Turtling in the West African coastal region, a high population of these species is at a higher risk of getting killed for food and for profit. We are calling on the general public and Conservation agencies to look into the Preservation of Sea Turtles.
Endangered leatherback turtle killed and captured in a community in Southwestern Nigeria:
There have been growing concerns due to a video shared on social media of a dead leatherback turtle being hauled out of a car boot.
Over the past three generations, the population of leatherbacks has reduced by a massive 40%, Hence making it a vulnerable species (facing a high risk of extinction in the future). Due to the weak laws governing Poaching and Turtling in the West African coastal region, a high population of these species is at a higher risk of getting killed for food and for profit. We are calling on the general public and Conservation agencies to look into the Preservation of Sea Turtles.