Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has many traditions, including traditional whaling and also eating turtle, even the endangered hawksbill turtle. However we met one local who is doing his bit to buck the trend, educate people about turtle conservation and also give baby turtles a bit better odds than 1 in 500 of survival.
We took a ride with Terrance to the Old Hegg turtle sanctuary (run by or on the eastern side of the island. The first thing Kate manages to find is a bunch of furry friends. It seems that wherever we end up she will always manage to find them even if there are none to be seen. Maybe we should name her dr dolittle.
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Wherever we go Kate seems to find the animals
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At Old Hegg you get to wander around his pools of little turtles, and we managed to arrive at feeding time which was great. His has managed to increase the odds from 1 in 500 (some other sources suggest 1 in 3000) to around 1 in 7 to the age of 5.
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| They start off just a bit bigger than your thumb |
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| Aren't they cute! |
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| I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.... |
!!! I want to go there. Turtle sanctuary on a Caribbean island, sound like paradise.
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