Saler (Valencia) is a very special natural paradise thanks to the location between Albufera and the Mediterranean Sea, What makes him a unique destination to enjoy experiences in contact with fauna, as is the case of local turtles and flora.
Aware of this privileged location and the importance of care for the environment and the protection of every year actions are performed on the beach with The goal of taking care of the turtles that nest on the beaches of the Valencian community.
Do 1 year, a fool turtle cavó a swimming pool in which he dropped his eggs. As soon as the selfless mother withdrew to the sea, the experts picked up the nest and brought her to a good collection to be born and raised in the best conditions. 12 months later, 21 turtles were released in the same place where their mother has deposited them.
Turtle Pups born in Valencia
The twenty offspring of the Tortuga Who produced on El Saler de València Beach a year ago, they recently entered the sea, After he grew up in a controlled environment until they have reached optimum size and weight that increases its chances of survival in the open sea.
The Apart from the sea turtles, it is executed on the beach in front of the hostel of El Saler, and one of them is equipped with a satellite emitter to learn more about the migration routes and behavioral patterns in the open sea, The city of Valencia has reported.
Weld Turtle They come out First nest included in the Valencian community during the 2024 season, discovered the Night of San Juan, on June 23, when a female turtle of the Caretta Caretta species He left the sea to spawn exactly on the beach where the loose took place. In view of the usual risk in cases of nesting, part of the nest was transferred to a protected area of the L’Albufera Natural Park, where it guarded it 24 hours a day, and the rest was incubated in the Oceanogràfic facilities.
The intervention has been possible The nature conservation strategy in controlled conditions ‘Head Start’, which develops the Oceanogràfic Foundation, the University of Valencia, developsAnd other public and private entities, so that the descendants grow in a guarded environment to achieve optimum size and weight that increases their chances of survival in an open sea.
Equipment of one of the turtles with satellite mistress
In reality, Although in natural conditions only one in a thousand turtles is growing up, this protocol increases that success rate of up to 90 %. With this initiative, more than 600 Turtle Marines of the nests of the Valencian community have introduced itself in the natural environment.
Two of the seventeen Nests found in the Valencian community in the past two years have been found in Saler. Catalá has emphasized the educational component of returning the Turtle Increased to their habitat when the crucial period starts for the reproduction of these animals on the coastal beaches and as an earlier summer consciousness campaign to act correctly if a nest is detected in the coast of Valencian, which will be exhibited this summer in the exhibitors of the urban furniture of Valencia.
Representatives of the Romar Global Care company have become members, those two of the Turtles, and has one of them equipped with a satellite retailer for more information about the migration routes and Open -Sea behavioral patterns. The Oceanogràfic Foundation has the importance of these types of initiatives as a conservation instrument underlines and thanked the involvement of citizens in the detection of nests and for the protection of the offspring during the guardianship process. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM