Thai conservationists release endangered turtles back into sea

Name: Thai conservationists release endangered turtles back into sea
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Description: Nearly 1,000 endangered turtles are released back into the sea as part of a Thai conservation campaign to save them from extinction.

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Nearly 1,000 endangered turtles have been released back into the waters of the Gulf of Thailand.

It is part of a conservation programme run by the Thai Navy Sea Turtle Conservation Centre aimed at halting a decline in the numbers of green and hawksbill turtles in the world's oceans.

Tom Santorelli reports.

Asia

2 August 2012