A night with our crew 7/10/10

Follow three Sea Turtle Oversight Protection volunteers for a night in Ft. Lauderdale Florida as we rescue disoriented hatchlings, a green sea turtle that was stuck under beach chairs and had to search the beach for two nests that hatched before we arrived. All of which would have died without assistance.

UPDATE! Also watch the SECOND rescue video taken 9 days later at the same location!

This is video proof of a serious problem. Sea Turtle hatchlings become disoriented by lights on the beach from businesses and homes. The hatchlings walk towards the light, onto roads, fall into drains or become dehydrated and use their small energy reserves wandering the beach in circles.

This video was taken on 7/10/2010 in Ft. Lauderdale FL on a single night on a 1 mile stretch of beach.. Imagine what we miss...

The instinct to go towards the light is so powerful that these hatchlings had to be manually redirected several times, even after they were put next to the water.

How is this legal to kill a Federally protected endangered species???

ITS NOT!!!