Tag: Cayman Turtle Farm

Former turtle farm provides example for CTF

Former turtle farm provides example for CTF

| 26/08/2014 | 3 Comments

(CNS Business): A former sea turtle farm in the Reunion Islands in the Indian Ocean has successfully transitioned into a respected research centre where groundbreaking science is conducted but remains one of the islands’ top tourist attractions. It also maintains the cultural heritage of the islands and their involvement with turtling, while continuing to employ […]

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Turtle Farm not the sole focus of animal charity

Turtle Farm not the sole focus of animal charity

| 13/08/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): World Animal Protection (WAP), the international animal charity that has been critical of the Cayman Turtle Farm, doesn’t just focus on issues surrounding the CTF but deals with a range of different animal welfare issues around the world, ranging from the inhumane culling of dogs, the terrible conditions of farm animals in the UK […]

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WAP has animal welfare concerns at the Turtle Farm

WAP has animal welfare concerns at the Turtle Farm

| 08/08/2014 | 2 Comments

(CNS Business): Green sea turtles are wild animals and time after time attempts to farm then have proven that it just can’t be done in a humane way, according to Neil D’Cruse, head of Wildlife Policy and Research at World Animal Protection. Addressing the charity’s animal welfare concerns associated with the farming of green sea […]

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Turtle Farm hiding behind ‘conservation curtain’

Turtle Farm hiding behind ‘conservation curtain’

| 06/08/2014 | 2 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Turtle Farm claims to be a conservation facility. But World Animal Protection (WAP) representative Neil D’Cruze says those claims may not be true and there may be an element of a “conservation curtain that is being hidden behind”. He told CNS Business, “If you look at Cayman turtles nesting on the […]

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No formal steps by CIG on turtle meat for tourists

No formal steps by CIG on turtle meat for tourists

| 04/08/2014 | 7 Comments

(CNS Business): World Animal Protection representative Neil D’Cruze, who was on Grand Cayman last week to meet with the Cayman Islands government, said that they were disappointed that they were not able to come to any formal agreement with CIG regarding the selling of sea turtle meat to tourists. However, D’Cruze, who is Head of […]

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