Turtle landings give Sabah conservationists hopeful start to year


KOTA KINABALU: Environmentalists on Pom-Pom Island had an encouraging find with the recent landing of two egg-laying turtles earlier this week.

Tropical Research and Conservation Centre (TRACC) personnel shared the news on the group's Facebook page, saying that they relocated a total of 170 turtle eggs from the island to their hatchery.

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“These turtle eggs were collected from the beach where the nests have a high chance of being poached or washed away due to erosion,” the page administrator said when contacted.

“There were two nests of two turtles that landed last night (Monday, Jan 13),” he said.

Last year, TRACC managed to locate 92 nests with a total of 7,662 eggs that were relocated to their hatchery.

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Of those eggs, 5,355 hatchlings emerged and were released into the wild.

TRACC volunteers work with state and local authorities as well as other conservationists to protect and preserve marine ecosystems in the Semporna area.

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