27 August 2019 – 98 lives have been saved

A fund for injured turtles

เมื่อวันที่ 27 August 2019

With the continuous support from the public and our dedicate team members, VMARC is able to save a total of 98 turtles during the first 6 half of the year 2019. Table below showing the numbers of different types of animals that received care at VMARC.


Month/Types of turtleYellow - headed Temple TurtleSnail-eating turtles

Asian box turtle

Black marsh turtleSoft-shell turtleTotal
January141022129
February4913118
March 3-6--9
April3211-7
May13214323
June55-11

12

Record of illness or injuries

• Broken shell from accidents: 35 turtles

• Sickness: 55 turtles

• Injury from fishing hook: 8 turtle

Follow-up

• 38 turtles have been released back to the wild

•22 turtles are being treated

• 23 turtles are in recovery phase

• 15 deaths   

Thank you so much for your helping