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LOCAL A13
Tuesday 15 March 2016

ARUBA DOET… Turtugaruba is “On”

ORANJESTAD - Aruba en- wood and trunks on the white sand , driving com-
joyed a big volunteer beach. This can form an pacts the sand and will
event last Friday and Satur- obstruction for the sea tur- damage the nests.
day : Aruba Doet. Turtuga- tles to find a good nesting Thanks a lot to all partici-
ruba went to Boca Grandi site. On Bachelor’s Beach pants and sponsors (Oran-
and Bachelor’s Beach at the wooden material was je Fonds, Cede Aruba,
the South East Coast of our taken away from the sea Panaderia del Pueblo, Ro-
island with 50 volunteers to side and relocated on the mar Trading, Meteoro, Ser-
clean the beach, a nest- inside of the beach, also limar, Artmando Multime-
ing habitat for the Leath- to prevent quad racers dia) who make this event a
erback Sea Turtle. The par- and 4WD’s from driving on big success. More info and
ticipants - a team of col- this nesting beach. Please pictures : www.facebook.
leagues, a group of friends, friends, do not drive on the com/Turtugaruba.q
some individuals and the
first Grade of Schakel Col-
lege - removed a lot of
marine debris together
with volunteers of Turtuga-
ruba.

Plastic bottles, cups, bags,
straws, foam, tooth brush,
flip flops….but also taps
and very small parts of
plastic. It takes a lot of time
and patience to fill a trash
bag with such small pieces.
And last but not least, all
bags have to be removed
from the beach to the big
container. At the end of
the morning the beach
is beautiful and clean. A
big turtle showed up to lay
here eggs.
Besides of the plastic trash
there was a lot of drift-