Guest blog, submitted by Debbie Greenberg One week ago I was fortunate enough to accompany members of the La Tortuga Viva turtle sanctuary on one of their nightly patrols of the beach near Playa Viva and beyond. They search for sea turtle nests in order to protect the eggs from poachers and predators by moving them to their nursery…
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Perfect Timing
The day after I arrived at Playa Viva I hopped on a 4-wheeler and rode a few minutes over to the Tortuga Viva turtle sanctuary. The rows and rows of markers looked a little like miniature headstones, but instead they served the opposite purpose. As the mother turtles had come onshore the night before to…
Do Your Part in Saving over 100,000 Baby Sea Turtles
It’s been a while since we have posted statistics for the turtle sanctuary. See updated statistics in the graph to the right. The good news is that we are now supporting La Tortuga Viva, a group of local volunteers who have worked hard this year in protecting and releasing close to 100,000 baby turtles. We…
Dia de la Tierra en la Comunidad de Juluchuca
Dia de la tierra, que gran oportunidad para convivir con la comunidad y como regalo de la naturaleza tuvimos tambien el nacimiento de las tortugas del nuevo campamento. La liberacion de las mismas la hicimos enfrente de las cabanas de Playa viva al atardecer, invitamos a todos los empleados de Playa Viva, Los chicos de…
Turtle Sanctuary – Volunteer Opportunities
Playa Viva is working jointly with WildCoast/CostaSalvaje on a summer turtle volunteer program at La Tortuga Feliz, the turtle sanctuary at Playa Viva in Juluchuca, Mexico (30-minutes south of Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa). We have two options, one upscale staying at the “eco-lux” accommodations of Playa Viva and the second is more modest plan staying in Juluchuca in…
Playa Viva Refracted in a New Light
In the last few days I’ve received some of the best photographs ever taken at Playa Viva. While we have been involved in this place for close to three years, the images that are captured there still do not cease to amaze me. Just when you thought you saw all of Playa Viva, someone sends…
Save the Turtles Campaign
The last few months have been the height of the turtle season in Playa Viva. The all volunteer team has released 27,000 plus turtles last month. But the bad news is that overall, they have released 30% fewer turtles than last year and the reason for these lower results is that the volunteers just don’t…
Turtle Stats in for Sep and Oct 2008
The turtle stats are in from the volunteers at the Tortuga Feliz turtle sanctuary in Playa Viva. The total number of turtles hatched and released has gone down significantly in the last two months (See graph). I have asked the team of volunteers to report in on the reasons they attribute to this reduction. Earlier in…
Record Number of Turtles Released in 2007
The year-end report for the Turtle Sanctuary is in and the volunteers from Juluchuca released a total of 202,854 Golfina sea turtles in 2007. In addition, they released 375 of the highly endangered Leatherback sea turtles. SEMARNAT released a report (in Spanish) stating that 2007 was the year of the turtle as it released a…
Top Turtle
Just got the stats from the turtle sanctuary team for November. Over 42,000 baby turtles were released in November. The Tortuga Feliz is running at 64% higher than last year and are either the number one or number two largest turtle sanctuary in all of Mexico. With our support, they are now expanding to add…
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