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Stop Sea Turtle Farming in the Cayman Islands

Captive Green Sea Turtles Facing Cruel Conditions

Take Action by signing this petition to the Cayman Turtle Farm.

A recent investigation by animal rights defenders has revealed that sea turtles are living with open wounds in waste-filled waters at the Cayman Turtle Farm in the Caribbean, a popular tourist destination. The findings provided clear evidence of a range of different welfare related issues including but not restricted to: (1) overcrowding; (2) unsuitable captive conditions; (3) disease; (4) cannibalism; and (5) unnecessary prolonged suffering.

Sadly, in August 2012, Wildlife Extra News reported that after a leak of seawater from a pipe, 300 Green turtles died at the turtle farm on the Cayman Islands.

In response, Sea Turtle Restoration Project is joining the international campaign to call for an end to turtle farming for consumption and a reform of the operations as a turtle rehabilitation and education center. Help us support the efforts of the World Society for the Protection of Animals to ends turtle farming in the Cayman Islands. Sign the petition below. We'll add your names to the thousands of signatures that will be delivered to Managing Director Timothy Adam at the Cayman Turtle Farm in late January 2013.

(Photo of green sea turtle in Hawaii by Anita Wintner.)

Dear Timothy Adam,

We are very concerned about the suffering and neglect discovered at the Cayman Turtle Farm, and its effects on the sea turtles' welfare. I am aware you were presented with findings from an investigation by an international animal rights organization that exposed the inhumane treatment of captive green sea turtles at your facility. We were alarmed to learn than in 2012 more than 300 sea turtles died due to a water leak at the facility.

With so much evidence to show that there is no way to farm gentle green sea turtles without intense cruelty, I firmly believe that sea turtle farming has no longer has a place in the Cayman Islands, or anywhere. Instead, your work should focus on rehabilitating these amazing and endangered wild marine dwellers and educating people about them.

You must immediately halt the inhumane public handling of turtles and start make formal steps to transition away from the commercial production of sea turtles for human consumption.

Concerned individuals around the world await your response. Please don’t disappoint us.

Yours sincerely,


Supporters of Sea Turtle Restoration Project (www.seaturtles.org)
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Number Date Name Location
415 Fri May 24 12:51:58 EDT 2013 M Andrus Calimesa, CA
414 Thu May 23 06:20:15 EDT 2013 Ginger Neimo Adelaide, ot
413 Wed May 22 10:58:23 EDT 2013 Lori Danko Hatboro, PA
412 Wed May 22 08:51:42 EDT 2013 Deborah Spencer Billerica, MA
411 Wed May 22 08:51:42 EDT 2013 Deborah Spencer Billerica, MA
410 Wed May 22 08:36:17 EDT 2013 stanley charles Fort Mill, SC
409 Tue May 21 22:06:47 EDT 2013 Donna George North Syracuse, NY
408 Tue May 21 21:33:01 EDT 2013 Tonnja Berry Burbank, CA
407 Tue May 21 18:43:36 EDT 2013 Shelley Bobb Potomac, MD
406 Tue May 21 18:26:37 EDT 2013 Jessica Pynn Lawton, OK
405 Tue May 21 17:54:14 EDT 2013 Carol Collins Dover, DE
404 Mon May 20 13:08:07 EDT 2013 Alison Zyla Clinton, CT
403 Thu May 16 10:54:30 EDT 2013 Earl Guernsey Liverpool, NY
402 Wed May 15 21:23:11 EDT 2013 ER CULCLASURE HIGH POINT, NC
401 Sun May 12 18:38:01 EDT 2013 Merlene Stuerzer-Rhodes Broken Arrow, OK
400 Sun May 12 18:37:53 EDT 2013 Merlene Stuerzer-Rhodes Broken Arrow, OK
399 Sat May 11 02:43:29 EDT 2013 Kris Tohm Wisconsin Rapids, WI
398 Tue May 07 01:42:22 EDT 2013 Tammy Madera new york, NY
397 Sat May 04 05:08:16 EDT 2013 KURT AMSLER Bandol, ot
396 Sat May 04 05:04:50 EDT 2013 KURT AMSLER Bandol, ot
395 Wed May 01 11:36:01 EDT 2013 Phyllis Mollen New York, NY
394 Fri Apr 26 16:25:51 EDT 2013 Rhonda Weir Carson, CA
393 Fri Apr 26 12:09:59 EDT 2013 Joseph McCullough Woodlyn, PA
392 Wed Apr 24 17:18:21 EDT 2013 Miriam Brattøy Bodø, ot
391 Wed Apr 24 11:12:33 EDT 2013 Gary Carpenter Pacifica, CA
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Learn more about the problems at the Cayman Island Turtle Farm here.




Sea Turtle Restoration Project • PO Box 370 • Forest Knolls, CA 94933, USA
Phone: +1 415 663 8590 • Fax: +1 415 663 9534 • info@seaturtles.org
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