World Turtle Day is celebrated every year on 23 May. It is an event that started in the USA and year after year it is gaining worldwide interest as the turtle faces many difficulties and is threatened with extinction. In Greece, it is the "Karetta-Karetta" sea turtles that grab the limelight. Our country has the largest nesting population in the Mediterranean and is under the threat of human activity.
The protection of sea turtles in Greece has been undertaken for 25 years by the non-governmental organization "Archelon". With its volunteers from all over the world, it organises programmes on the most important nesting beaches of turtles (Zakynthos, Peloponnese, Crete) in order to study and protect them.
Since 1994, the organisation has maintained a sea turtle "hospital" in Glyfada (3rd Marina of Glyfada, behind the tram stop "Old Town Hall") for their care and reintroduction into their natural environment. The Centre is open to the public on weekends from 11 am to 5 pm (except August)
Source: sansimera.gr
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