Jetwing Yala welcomes its first sea turtles for 2021

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Jetwing Yala welcomed its first batch of turtle nests for the season early last week. Keeping with the long-standing conservation efforts at the hotel, two nests at Jetwing Yala’s beachfront were protected in-situ to prevent disturbance by feral animals. A third nest, partially disturbed, was discovered further along the beach and was relocated to a fenced turtle nest conservation area maintained at the hotel in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife, the hotel company said in a media release.

Last year, over 11 such nests were conserved by the associates at Jetwing Yala, providing over a thousand hatchlings with much-needed protection during their vulnerable first hours of life. The safety afforded at Jetwing ensures that the cycle of nesting continues along the beaches of Yala, as turtles are known to return to their beach of hatching year after year. The efforts of the hotel were recognized by the Department of Wildlife which, in 2019, decided to construct a turtle egg conservatory adjoining the hotel premises where eggs can be protected from unscrupulous poachers and feral animals.

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