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Green Sea Turtles

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🥳 BIG WIN for Green Sea Turtles! 💚 After decades of dedicated conservation work, the green sea turtle has officially been reclassified from Endangered to Least Concern on the IUCN Red List! Their global population has increased by 28% a true conservation success story. But the work isn't over! Here at Sea Turtle Inc., we are still busy caring for the hundreds of stranded green sea turtle patients who come through our hospital annually. This global win motivates us to keep protecting these incr

Last week the IUCN improved the global conservation status of green sea turtles from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least Concern’, as the global population has increased by approximately 28% since the 1970’s, according to the IUCN. While this is the hopeful the start of a conservation success story, and highlight of the power behind coordinated global conservation efforts, it is important to point out that certain populations of green sea turtle are still struggling in sub-population. We will continue to wor