#SEATURTLE RESCUE FREE#

In order to visit Gerakas and Turtle rescue centre, take a short bus or taxi journey from your accommodation or ask your tour operator for details of their organised visits. We engage in various conservation activities. Turtle adoption can refer to adopting a freshwater turtle or a tortoise and providing a home for it yourself or it can refer to donating to a non-governmental organization such as World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) so they can care for a hatchling that can then be released into the sea. The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is in Surf City, on the mainland side of the Pender County town. Coming from a background with animal management and conservation she has moved to Zakynthos to help the endangered sea turtles. This is especially important during summer months, where they assist in monitoring, with treatment and studying of sea turtles, as well as informing tourists and educating community members. The Rescue Center relies solely on volunteer efforts, from Italians and foreigners. The Rescue Station is a dream of Yiannis who wishes to help the animals with which he was raised around as well as helping visitors understand and enjoy the island’s beautiful and sensitive wildlife.īy his side, the Danish project manager, Jonna Pedersen, is running the centre and the project. If you find a sea turtle in need, please call us on (+39) 338 21 98 533. The founder Yiannis Vardakastanis has lived all his life in Gerakas and for many years has been passionately fighting for the preservation of the Zakynthian flora and fauna. Earth, Sea & Sky are a Zakynthian NGO registered in the UK and are currently working to create a sea turtle rescue station with the help of the Sea Life centres of Europe. The Sea Turtle Rescue Centre is located in the recreational zone of the Hotel Vespera in Sunana uvala on the island of Loinj.

Every year, many dead and injured sea turtles wash up all around Zakynthos. The beaches of Zakynthos represent the largest nesting rookery of the Loggerhead turtle in the Mediterranean. Since 1983, the primary objective of ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece has been to protect the sea turtles and their habitats in Greece.

#SEATURTLE RESCUE FREE#

The centre is built 100 meters from Gerakas beach, a popular nesting beach for turtles. Join the NBSTCC and shell-e-brate sea turtles at this family friendly free community event Outside activities are from 10 am to 2 pm, the conservation. This information centre has been designed to help inform visitors about the wildlife of the area with interesting and informative displays.

Seaturtle rescue