Dear MHOians
I consulted with a cyber friend who lives in Costa Rica and he says that the email that circulates about stolen turtle eggs is NOT TRUE, it's a lie.
The purpose of Costa Rican government is TO SAVE the turtle eggs from natural predators like vultures, gulls, crabs and other animals which eat new born turtles.
From: Rashmi <rashmi2ol@aim.com>
Date: 2 March 2010 16:37
Subject: {M-H-O} Turtle Eggs Stolen at Costa Rica Beach - Is it true?????
To: MumbaiHangOut@yahoogroups.com
An egg harvest by villagers at Ostional beach,
a remote community near Punta Gurones on Costa Rica's Pacific coast (U.S)….
The Costa Rican government initiated the Egg Harvest Project
which allowed villagers to continue their traditional practice of harvesting eggs.
The harvests are strictly controlled, with villagers only allowed to take eggs
within the first day and a half of each egg laying event, known as an "arribada".
The capacity of the half mile Ostional beach is insufficient for the large number of nesting turtles
and thus many clutches are destroyed in the nesting process.
As thousands upon thousands of Olive Ridley turtles climb on to a stretch of beach,
70-80% of previously laid nests are crushed or dug up during the subsequent nesting.
It is for this reason that the Egg Harvest Project is justified.
Villagers wait and watch, harvesting the eggs laid in the first day and half of the arribada.
A major contribution to the success of the Egg Harvest Project is the lack of decomposing eggs.
Otherwise the decomposed eggs develop bacteria and contaminate rest of the eggs as well.
The Egg Harvest Project at Ostional helps to protect and sustain this precious species.
The project represents an innovative, and so far successful approach to species protection.
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" World Wide shame in COSTA RICA
On the beaches of Costa Rica...so that you have an idea of the 'attack against nature'....!
The Turtle eggs are stolen to be sold
Please send it to every one. STOP THEM!!!"
Spreading such misinformation in the form of this inflammatory and misleading protest message
will serve only to divert attention away from genuine environmental concerns.
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