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Man Buys Turtles From Food Market And Releases Them Back To The Sea
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Two lovely sea turtles meant to end up as a fine meal in Papua New Guinea were luckily spared. Arron Culling and his co-worker Mark bought them from a local food market and released them back to where they belong – the sea.
“Found these at the local market,” Culling wrote on Facebook on Friday. “Got them for 50 bucks drove 5km up the road and let them go.” These aren’t the first turtles that Culling and his co-worker have saved. They’ve already rescued about 10.
There’re seven different species of sea turtles in the world and nearly all of them are endangered because marine turtle fishing is still legal in most areas.
More info: Facebook (h/t: thedodo)
“Found these at the local market”
“Got them for 50 bucks drove 5km up the road and let them go”
These aren’t the first turtles that Culling and his co-worker have saved
They’ve already rescued about 10!
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The hero I've been waiting for! <3
The beer cans and the garbage on the beach...---> :-/
It really bothers me, too. Here in the U.S., we have people that pick up the stuff you can see so it "looks" nice; however, there are billions of tons of trash floating around in the ocean that turtles are much more likely to get hung up on. That's worse.
I know it's so saddening!
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That is all,what you can think about? Here we are talking how to help turtles and other animals
Maya, those turtles will try to eat that garbage, especially plastic bags, because it looks like their regular food. Cleaning up the beach trash is as important as freeing these captured turtles.
She's making a point ....................
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Look at her, what else would she think about than vanity?
Nice idea, but whether the turtles are eaten, kept as pets, or released doesn't change the fact that you're still buying from that trade and sustaining it. If this is meant to work towards ending turtle fishing, then it might not be the best solution.
Better than doing nothing at all, yes? I did the same thing when in Belize and never thought of it as anything other than getting the animals back out to sea.
The answer is, it depends. If this guy and his co-workers are the only ones in the area supporting the trade, then he is as much causing the problem as he is helping. If, however, other people would buy and eat them, then he is disrupting what is happening on a small level. I took an anthropology class in college and the professor said that rich "helpful" people tried to help by buying artifacts from looters and then giving them to anthropologists. Removing the artifacts from sites make them lose their archaeological context and the problem is since the looters are making a profit off the items they continue to loot.
Why can't we do both? Why can't we save the turtles and at the sime time sue the people that are selling them? I don't know about the country the photos were taken in, but in my country selling tortules is illegal.
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Then you are stupid
What this man is doing is better than sitting on our asses commenting about what he is doing.
Jesus Christ, yes let's all climb into a closet and do absolutely nothing at all, this solution engenders a whole other karma, that may be worse than the one provoked by doing SOMETHING
Yes, exactly, and maybe what these men do, makes people think a bit more. They are setting a great example to those who accept this as normal, and perhaps never considered why.
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yes Turtle soup is delicious, but I think the salt is too important here. I admit I have not eaten it in at least 30 years. Free now, eat later. In fact I don't anymore. But it is a risk.
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Turtle Soup is Delicious.
Perhaps, but for those particular turtles, it was the best solution.
Yeah well it helps the turtle
Good point, but I don't think there was a better option. Who eats turtles anyways?
Just making the fishermen richer, they know what you are doing and hope you buy that same turtle 100 times lol
The hero I've been waiting for! <3
The beer cans and the garbage on the beach...---> :-/
It really bothers me, too. Here in the U.S., we have people that pick up the stuff you can see so it "looks" nice; however, there are billions of tons of trash floating around in the ocean that turtles are much more likely to get hung up on. That's worse.
I know it's so saddening!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
That is all,what you can think about? Here we are talking how to help turtles and other animals
Maya, those turtles will try to eat that garbage, especially plastic bags, because it looks like their regular food. Cleaning up the beach trash is as important as freeing these captured turtles.
She's making a point ....................
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Look at her, what else would she think about than vanity?
Nice idea, but whether the turtles are eaten, kept as pets, or released doesn't change the fact that you're still buying from that trade and sustaining it. If this is meant to work towards ending turtle fishing, then it might not be the best solution.
Better than doing nothing at all, yes? I did the same thing when in Belize and never thought of it as anything other than getting the animals back out to sea.
The answer is, it depends. If this guy and his co-workers are the only ones in the area supporting the trade, then he is as much causing the problem as he is helping. If, however, other people would buy and eat them, then he is disrupting what is happening on a small level. I took an anthropology class in college and the professor said that rich "helpful" people tried to help by buying artifacts from looters and then giving them to anthropologists. Removing the artifacts from sites make them lose their archaeological context and the problem is since the looters are making a profit off the items they continue to loot.
Why can't we do both? Why can't we save the turtles and at the sime time sue the people that are selling them? I don't know about the country the photos were taken in, but in my country selling tortules is illegal.
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Then you are stupid
What this man is doing is better than sitting on our asses commenting about what he is doing.
Jesus Christ, yes let's all climb into a closet and do absolutely nothing at all, this solution engenders a whole other karma, that may be worse than the one provoked by doing SOMETHING
Yes, exactly, and maybe what these men do, makes people think a bit more. They are setting a great example to those who accept this as normal, and perhaps never considered why.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
yes Turtle soup is delicious, but I think the salt is too important here. I admit I have not eaten it in at least 30 years. Free now, eat later. In fact I don't anymore. But it is a risk.
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Turtle Soup is Delicious.
Perhaps, but for those particular turtles, it was the best solution.
Yeah well it helps the turtle
Good point, but I don't think there was a better option. Who eats turtles anyways?
Just making the fishermen richer, they know what you are doing and hope you buy that same turtle 100 times lol