Volunteering with Turtles
Turtles have lived on our planet for over 200 million years. And it doesn't matter whether it's an ice age or a meteorite, the well-fortified animals have survived every catastrophe so far. But it looks like that could be changing right now. Pollution, the climate crisis and fishing have brought the reptiles to the brink of extinction. By volunteering, you can help protect turtles and address the root causes of their extinction.
More projects These projects could interest you
Greece | turtles
from 4 - 26 weeks
from 18 years
Tanzania & Zanzibar | turtles
from 2 - 24 weeks
from 16 years
Viet Nam | turtles
from 2 - 26 weeks
from 17 years
Sri Lanka | turtles
from 2 - 26 weeks
from 17 years
You should know that
Why you should volunteer with turtles
Before you go, at the Turtle rescue To help, you should first understand why reptiles are so endangered today. The reasons for this are very different, but there is one clear constant – us humans.
Reasons why turtles are endangered include hunting and pet trade, climate change, industrial fishing, pollution, habitat loss and many more.
If you want to help protect turtles, you can help in the following areas:
- Commitment to a turtle sanctuary
- Protection of the turtle offspring
- Educational work in the local population
- support in research
- conservation of habitat
Requirements
If you want to volunteer to protect turtles, you don't need any previous experience. However, a prerequisite for your volunteer work in this area should be that you are interested in animals, especially turtles. Otherwise, of course, you should bring a lot of motivation, commitment and enthusiasm for your project - then nothing can go wrong!
At a glance - where can you get involved?
If you would like to do your part to protect turtles, there are various projects around the world that are always happy to receive active support. For example, get involved in Turtle and Marine Conservation in Tanzania or come with us to Sri Lanka and support one there turtle sanctuary.
You also have the opportunity to support turtles in Europe. In our Turtle project on Crete you support, among other things, in research, reconnaissance and rescue operations.
