Tag: Cayman Turtle Farm

Cayman farm turtles reveal hope for biodiversity loss

Cayman farm turtles reveal hope for biodiversity loss

| 30/03/2022 | 21 Comments

(CNS): A collaborative research project into the green turtles that were released into the wild by what was at the time the Cayman Turtle Farm has shown that the accelerating biodiversity loss from global warming and other human activity could in some circumstances be assisted by the reintroduction of captive-bred animals.

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Turtle Centre finally pays off $50M debt

Turtle Centre finally pays off $50M debt

| 07/03/2019 | 35 Comments

(CNS): Almost 15 years after the original Cayman Turtle Farm started borrowing the more than CI$50 million it needed to build what is now the Cayman Turtle Conservation and Education Centre, officials said the debt is now clear. The loans have been serviced from money given to the Turtle Centre from the public purse over […]

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Turtle release condemned by animal charity

Turtle release condemned by animal charity

| 20/12/2016 | 85 Comments

(CNS): Activists from World Animal Protection, the leading animal welfare charity campaigning to transform the Cayman Turtle Centre into a conservation facility, has condemned the recent release of 36 yearling turtles into the sea. The CTC (formerly the Cayman Turtle Farm) resumed its release programme in May when it let ten turtles go after a […]

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Use of turtle shells after meat removed

Use of turtle shells after meat removed

| 08/11/2016 | 0 Comments

What happens to the turtle shells after the Turtle Farm butchers the turtle for meat? Auntie’s answer: I went to the source for this one, asking the Cayman Turtle Centre (the name was changed from Turtle Farm this past September) to respond to your question, and I received a very detailed explanation of the procedure […]

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Charity urges ban on turtle touching at Cayman Turtle Farm

Charity urges ban on turtle touching at Cayman Turtle Farm

| 25/07/2016 | 25 Comments

(CNS): The animal rights charity World Animal Protection has accused the local authorities in Cayman of being hypocritical when it comes to handling turtles and they are urging the Department of Environment to call for a ban on touching them at the Cayman Turtle Farm as well as in the ocean. After an interview on […]

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Turtle release a ‘time bomb’ says animal charity

Turtle release a ‘time bomb’ says animal charity

| 26/05/2016 | 62 Comments

(CNS): The animal rights charity that has been campaigning for the Cayman Turtle Farm to be transformed into a true conservation facility has condemned the release of 15 farmed yearlings into the wild. World Animal Protection said the relaunch of the controversial release programme was putting the wild turtle populations in jeopardy because only last […]

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CTF relaunches green turtle release

CTF relaunches green turtle release

| 23/05/2016 | 17 Comments

(CNS): After suspending it turtle release programme for several seasons because of problems with disease and other husbandry issues at the facility, the Cayman Turtle Farm released 15 yearling green sea turtles on Saturday off Barkers Beach in West Bay. Officials said CTF had “satisfied itself through extensive testing and available scientific data” that releasing […]

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In support of the Turtle Farm

In support of the Turtle Farm

| 02/12/2015 | 29 Comments

David Miller writes: We constantly hear that the Cayman Turtle Farm is barbaric, against the environment, evil, stupid, costs too much, etc, etc, but one would agree that in the past people near the coast caught turtles and ate them all over the world. Turtles have existed for hundreds of millions of years. They existed […]

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Turtle Farm ranks high on cruel attractions list

Turtle Farm ranks high on cruel attractions list

| 16/11/2015 | 116 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Turtle Farm is coming under fire again on the global stage with the publication of an Oxford University report, which assessed wildlife attractions and the levels of cruelty. The report gave the CTF the same marks for animal welfare as bear dancing and snake charming because of the cruel conditions in which the turtles […]

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Turtle Farm critics take aim at ‘curtain of conservation’

Turtle Farm critics take aim at ‘curtain of conservation’

| 04/11/2015 | 34 Comments

(CNS): The international animal rights charity, World Animal Protection, and the conservation body, Sea Turtle Conservancy, have described the Cayman Turtle Farm’s position on its role in protecting wild green sea turtles as nothing more than a “curtain of conservation”.  Following the recent publication of a study on turtle meat consumption that found just one […]

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Cayman Turtle Farm boosts hatch rate with better diet

Cayman Turtle Farm boosts hatch rate with better diet

| 29/10/2015 | 35 Comments

(CNS): More than 38,200 eggs were laid by the Cayman Turtle Farm’s breeding turtles this season as a result of improvements in the food and hatchling process. In years gone by, the CTF had serious problems with the numbers of eggs being laid and the survival rate but this season, from the first nest of 100 […]

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