70,000 hibernating turtle eggs are going to be unearthed and transported to a safe, climate-controlled warehouse away from the Alabama and Florida beaches where they lay. All in an effort to save the soon-to-be baby turtles from schlepping through the sand and into the water where the oil still permeates.
I am all about saving the animals and even though this is going to be a tough job to carry out, I am very glad that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have decided to put together a plan to do this. They’re going to begin in about a week and a half after all the plans have been laid out. It’s going to take a long time. Turtle eggs are just as fragile as bird eggs, even with a tough leathery shell, you still have to be careful of not jostling them around too much to disrupt the developing fetus.
If only more could have been done for the animals that have already suffered and died from the tragedy, but hopefully what little they can do now for the turtles will be a big help and inspire more efforts like this.
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