Good News Notes:

“Tiny green turtles are scrambling to the safety of the ocean at Tiwi Beach on Kenya’s south coast.

Every one that makes it is great news for their species, which is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

It’s a perilous journey, but luckily for these hatchlings they have their own personal bodyguards – The Tiwi Turtle Police.

This local organisation helps to patrol 12 kilometres of coastline, monitoring turtle nests and picking up rubbish.

One Tiwi Turtle Police member Mkambe has been watching over the eggs since they were buried, and his careful monitoring will increase the hatchlings’ chances of survival.

‘I love this, because before we started doing this, these turtles used to be eaten,’ Mkambe explains.

‘I was not happy about that, because these turtles attract many other fish, and people come to see them. They come here from all over the world to see them.'”

View the whole story here: https://www.euronews.com/living/amp/2021/02/06/this-baby-boom-in-kenya-is-helping-to-save-an-endangered-species