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Dear Friends here on Bali and around
the globe,
Greetings from a finally wet heart of Tanjung where
after a long wait the rain have finally arrived.
Will the exploitation ever stop?
Bumbu Bali team saves large Leatherback turtle
During our daily visits to the fish
market in Jimbaran we witnessed once again the brutal
capture of an ancient leatherback turtle that was caught
a few hours earlier around the cliffs of Uluwatu. Fortunately
for the turtle their flesh is regarded as not very tasty
and most likely for this fact we were able to purchase
the turtle from the fisherman. We then had to wait for
a few hours for the tide to rise before we were able
to release, by then the totally exhausted lonely wanderer
of the deep back to his very endangered and fragile
home.
It took not less than 10 of our stronger
employees to carry this pour creature back to the ocean.
It was for me personally the first
time to be face to face with a leatherback turtle. Looking
into the eyes that must have been a 10th of the size
of a human eye together with the sad look of the turtle
with streams of tears running down the face made me
suddenly realize what we humans have made to planet
earth during our very short visit. |
