Hello everyone! We have been back at patrolling every night and working hard to rescue our sweet babies. It has been a rough start to the season this year, and finally, we are ready to share what has been going on. Since beginning our patrols this year, we have had […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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The new season started in mid-July with our volunteers perhaps finding a few nests one night, none the nest, a couple of nights with nests, another night without… But in the past week or two, we’ve seen the activity really increase with our volunteers finding and relocating ten nests just […]
The second week of summer camp was another busy one with field trips to the Amigos de Animales dog corral and cat safe house. The campers got to spend time with the cats in their space and dogs on a nature walk and inside the corral. Later in the week, […]
This sweet kitten that we named Olivia, showed up at the camp alone recently – we’re pretty sure she was dumped from a passing car. We have been caring for Olivia and love her but we don’t have a safe place for her to stay with us forever. Can you please […]
Yesterday, our summer campers visited the always spectacular Refuge of Barra de Potosí. All of us that live locally, and especially the children, are lucky to have such a first class facility in our small town. The mission of the refuge is the “Conservation of the flora and fauna of […]
This morning, our campers visited the nearby organic garden at Marea Beach resort on Playa Blanca. The kids learned about nutrition, where their foods come from, and the importance of natural gardening without pesticides and other chemicals. They all had a great time and were able to bring home some […]
Yesterday was the first day of our Summer Camp and also the drawing for our raffle supporting the camp. The winning ticket was #10, held by Zaneta Stasiskiene of Kaunas, Lithuania (WOW!) where she is a professor at the University of Technology, Kaunas. Zaneta met Damaris while visiting the turtle camp […]
A beautiful painting of a sea turtle hatchling crawling to the sea, donated by local artists is the prize that will go to our raffle winner!!!! How do I buy a ticket, you ask? Well, the tickets are not ‘for sale’. We are giving them away to anyone who donates […]
As you may have heard, Campamento Tortuguero Ayotlcalli holds a camp each summer for local children. This two-week camp includes many different activities for the children and could not happen without the help of our volunteers, from near and far. The children learn not just about sea turtles, but about […]
It is with some sadness and a huge sense of accomplishment that we report our last scheduled patrol of the season (30 April 2019). We’ve been patrolling daily since last July and the season is now at its’ end. Your blogging couple here drew the lucky stick and was on […]