CONSERVATION SUCCESS: Padang Kemunting, Melaka centre hatches 25,300 turtles for release to habitat: Where the turtle go is another issue to look after.

Malacca has the highest landings of the Hawksbill turtles in Peninsular Malaysia and one of the highest in Southeast Asia. Between 2006 and 2012, a total of 2,952 turtles have landed on the beaches of Malacca.
"This is a huge success for the conservation centre in Padang Kemunting, which began operations in 1990.
"It has now gained a reputation as one of the outstanding conservation centres, popular among local and foreign tourists and researchers," he said after releasing 120 Hawksbill hatchlings to the sea near the conservation centre.


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