Turtles released at Jumeirah Al Naseem beach - in pictures
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Twelve turtles, a mix of hawksbills and greens, have been returned to the wild after being cared for by the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National -
Carers help them back to the sea -
The goal of the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project is to rescue, rehabilitate and release injured turtles in the Arabian Gulf -
The UAE is home to thousands of sea turtles, and many more travel through the Arabian Gulf due to their migratory behaviour -
The turtles face threats including hunting, climate change and plastic pollution -
One of the released turtles is named Tangle after he was rescued from a plastic sack that was dragging him down -
Once rescued, the marine animals are tended to by the aquarium team at Burj Al Arab -
They are then transferred to one of the five turtle rehabilitation lagoons at Jumeirah Al Naseem, where they are prepared for an eventual release to the wild -
The Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project, founded in 2014, has so far released 2,109 turtles -
The project tends to an average of 100 turtles every year
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