On september 13th, the Sea Turtle Clinic welcomed a young green turtle injured by speargun on the top and under the head. Coming from Paea to Moorea, she was bringing back to the Clinic thanks to the reactivity of our volunteers. . Thanks a lot Charles Boyer and Vainui Moreno for your quick reaction. Her name is Honu iti and we hope that she will survive…
The next week, it was a little tiny hawskbill turtle named Vairao that was welcomed at the Sea turtle Clinic. Found in Vairao in Tahiti’s island, this hawskbill turtle of 4 kilos was injured and found the way to avoid her poachers.
Remember that the Sea turtle Clinic is state approved by the Ministry of the Environment in French Polynesia.
