Off the shore of Thailand's resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean, hoping they can thrive in the wild and return in two decades to reproduce. The release of the year-old turtles, each about the size of a rugby ball, follows an intense conservation effort to boost the leatherback's survival chances after the discovery in 2018 that the endangered species had returned to lay eggs in southern Thailand. FILE PHOTO: One-month-old baby leatherback turtles swim inside a pond at Phuket Marine Biological Center, in Phuket province, Thailand, April 7, 2024. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar The stronger turtles have successfully made their way into the ocean, while others perished after hatching, so a programme was laun...
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