After tourists put them at risk, over 3,000 sea turtle hatchlings are now swimming free thanks to local volunteers
On August 30, Tortugas Fundación Yepez A.C., a Mexican nonprofit dedicated to sea turtle conservation, released between 3,200 and 3,500 sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico.
The release was a “culmination of sleepless nights, hard work, patrols, [and] all-nighters” by volunteers who helped protect and rescue the hatchlings from tourists, who were putting nesting sea turtles and their eggs at risk by approaching, touching, and even climbing turtles.
The nonprofit ramped up its patrols after a pregnant green sea turtle had been found dead on a beach, setting up protected sites and moving nests from high-risk areas to small enclosures where they could hatch in peace.
Why is this good news? Six of the world’s seven sea turtle species are endangered, making conservation efforts a team effort involving government officials, marine rehabilitation centers, volunteers, and everyday beachgoers — sometimes going beyond education to lifesaving interventions like this.
Inspired by Dolly Parton, a British couple who won the lottery gave half of their winnings to charity
When Frances Connolly won England’s National Lottery in 2019, her first instinct was to use the £115 million jackpot — roughly $155 million — to take care of her family.
But after that, she and her husband created a charity trust to give the rest away to charity, inspired by the late Dolly Parton’s philanthropy. The PFC Trust has since shared roughly half of the lottery winnings with a wide range of nonprofit organizations in the United Kingdom.
The group distributes grants to support scholarship funds, emergency food deliveries, projects aimed at combatting loneliness, adding more defibrillators to local sports clubs, and much more.
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