Loggerhead Turtles Released Into Mediterranean

Loggerhead turtles released into Mediterranean

On October 1, the Torrevieja Council announced that 16 turtles entered the sea for the first time, after being born in La Mata about a year ago. The turtles originally were rescued from a nest laid by a turtle known as “Pura Vida” on Los Locos Beach. Once the turtles were born, their eggs were sent over to La Mata, where they were hatched. The baby sea turtles were taken care of and bred at… Source

La Mata Beach Welcomes Release of 16 Loggerhead Turtles

La Mata beach in Torrevieja became the stage this Wednesday for a landmark conservation event: the release of sixteen young loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) into the Mediterranean. The hatchlings, born in 2024 from a nest laid by the turtle known as Pura Vida on Los Locos beach, were carefully transferred to La Mata, where they emerged from their eggs. After spending their first year under controlled care at the Oceanogràfic in Valencia,…