VIDEO: Beachgoers manhandle endangered marine turtle in Tyre

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18-08-2015 | 06:02
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VIDEO: Beachgoers manhandle endangered marine turtle in Tyre
APAF (Animals Pride And Freedom), a group of Lebanese and international animal lovers who rescue lost or abandoned animals, shared a video on their Facebook page of an endangered sea turtle found in Tyre, south of Lebanon roughly manhandled by a group of swimmers and their children -sparking social media outrage.
 
Tyre Beach Nature Reserve, along the coast of the southern city, is known for being the site where sea turtles come to shore to lay their eggs.
 
Earlier this year, the Lebanese cabinet approved the Environment Ministry’s request to officially designate the 5th of May as “Sea Turtles Day.”
 
Environment Minister Mohammad Mashnouq explained that the government decided to mark a day for sea turtles due to their high importance for Lebanon’s biodiversity.
 
Mashnouq added that individual and civil society activists should not be negligent and should in turn work to conserve sea turtles.
 
The move has drawn wide-spread praise from foreign-funded Turtle Rights NGOs across Lebanon, as well as from the Lebanese Turtle Community itself. Sea turtles, also known as marine turtles, are reptiles that have been identified as "endangered" or "critically endangered" with two types of them being classed as "vulnerable".
 
 

We have found this disturbing video circulating on social mediaof an endangered sea turtle found in Tyre, south of Lebanon on the 14th of August brutalised by a group of swimmers and their kids. This behaviour and attitude towards animals is not acceptable, in Cyprus which is only less than 30 min flight from lebanon, sea turtles are protected and respected. We urge anybody who sees people brutalising sea turtles to report directly to APAF or any official animal friendly organisation to try to reason with abusers and save lives.

Posted by APAF ( Animals Pride And Freedom ) on Monday, August 17, 2015
 

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