Environmentalists Attacked for Protecting One of the Ocean’s Most Endangered Animals

[Omaha Steve]

Poachers threaten a group guarding sea turtle eggs in Costa Rica.




Turtles crawl toward the sea after laying eggs on a beach in Costa Rica. (Photo: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters)

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/02/sea-turtle-poachers-attack-environmentalists-costa-rica?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-07-02


JUL 2, 2015David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012.

There’s trouble in eco-paradise.

Costa Rica, long hailed as a resolute steward of the environment, is failing to protect endangered sea turtles and their eggs along the nation’s Caribbean coast, leaving most of that work to volunteers who have faced violent and even deadly attacks by poachers, environmentalists contend.

The latest incident happened in the early morning hours last Friday, when the 11 multinational volunteers from Operation Jairo, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s Sea Turtle Defense Campaign, were assaulted by at least 10 stick- and machete-wielding poachers, according to the environmental group. The volunteers were patrolling Pacuare Beach, a favored site of nesting turtles.

Two volunteers sustained minor injuries. Brett Bradley of Australia, the Operation Jairo ground leader, stood between the assailants and the volunteers and was hit repeatedly on his arms with sticks while media crew member Ellen Campbell of Canada sustained an injury to her shoulder, Sea Shepherd said in a statement.

FULL story at link.

[shenmue]

1. Tertoos!

Tertoos are fuckin awesome.

[geek tragedy]

2. Costa Rica generally does a shitty job at dealing with criminals.

Most rapes, murders etcetera go unpunished.

Beautiful country and people, but their law enforcement is a joke.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. kick