IT WAS just after 10pm on Pulau Talang-Talang Besar. A heavy downpour had dwindled into a light drizzle when a small, dark shape was seen making its way up the beach.
Word quickly spread around the island – a turtle was coming in to nest.
Lights were switched off and noise reduced to a minimum so that the creature would not be frightened away.
Pulau Talang-Talang Besar is one of Sarawak’s turtle islands located within the Talang-Satang National Park off the coast of Sematan near Kuching.
For a group of media personnel invited by Sarawak Forestry Corporation for an overnight stay on the island in conjunction with the launch of its turtle adoption programme, it was the chance of a lifetime to get up close with one of nature’s rarest creatures and watch turtle conservation efforts being carried out.
Continue reading (incl. pics) at: Turtle adoption at Pulau Talang-Talang, Sarawak
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