Sea turtle slaughter on CARRIACOU /Grenada

From a post on the CTURTLE listserve:

From divers we are receiving information about turtle slaughters on the beaches of Carriacou Island/Grenada.

A video can be seen on youtube (video).

We don’t have detailed information until now, but to whom short term measures seem to be useful the PETA website delivers an address.

According to people who know Grenada a little bit nature conservation is not an easy job there. On the other hand almost everything on the island depends on tourism.

So telling them that many potential visitors to Grenada will be repelled by certain habits on their beaches might have consequences.

Regards,
Eberhard Meyer
TURTLE FOUNDATION (Germany)
Ammerlander Hauptstr. 1
D-82541 Münsing
GERMANY
Tel +49 8177 926038
Fax +49 8177 8439
meyer@turtle-foundation.org
www.turtle-foundation.org

The PETA website:
http://www.peta.org/actioncenter/ActionAlerts-item.asp?id=2517