Sea Turtles and ARCHELON
Sea Turtles and ARCHELON
- 10 January 2015
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Sea turtles have lived on our planet for over 150 million years. Today they face extinction. At sea, turtles are hit by speedboats, become entangled in nets, ingest fishing hooks, or are deliberately injured by humans. Nesting beaches are being reduced due to increasing tourist development.
ARCHELON, The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece was founded in 1983. It studies and protects sea turtles and their habitats through monitoring and management at the most important nesting areas in Greece, Zakynthos, Peloponnese and Crete.
The first Sea Turtle Rescue Centre was established by ARCHELON in 1994 and is located at the 3rd Marina of Glyfada-Athens. Basic goal of the Rescue Centre is to rehabilitate and release turtles, but to also raise public awareness.
ARCHELON also operates a rescue network all over Greece in cooperation with state bodies in order to locate and transfer injured and sick turtles to the Rescue Centre.
The Rescue Centre is open for the public on weekends with free entrance between 11:00am - 17:00pm and on week days by appointment.
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece
Main Office:
57 Solomou Street, 104 32 Athens GREECE
Tel/Fax: +30 210 5231342
E-mail:
Sea Turtle Rescue Centre:
3rd Marina, 166 75 Glyfada, Athens GREECE
TRAM Station: “Palaio Dimarhio”
Tel/Fax: +30 210-8944444, +30 6941 511 511
E-mail:
Website: www.archelon.gr
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