Summaries this Sea turtles have been. swimming the world's _oceans since the days.when-dinosaurs walk-ed the land. Now aU seven species of these antient and enduring creatures are ~dang~ed,. some cri

Summaries this 

Sea turtles have been. swimming the world's _oceans since the days.when-dinosaurs walk-ed

the land. Now aU seven species of these antient and enduring creatures are ~dang~ed,. some

critically. As ~ts of their survival incre~e - such as pollution, poaching, fishing and coastal

development- turtle numbers have decreased by an alanning ninety per cent over the past decade.

The vast distances that turtles migrate complicates their conservation at an international level.

Leatherbaq~: for exaI11,ple,. are found in the waters of the Caribbean, Newfoundland and the

BritishJsl¢s\ Luckily, atte111pts to save them at a local level are increasing, and visitors to the

Grenadine Islands in the south Caribbean.have several opportunities to witness and participate in ' ill \ ' . .

co~~: tion .. \ a grassroots level.