Haifa

Israel Sea Turtle Tracking Project 2008: Loggerhead & Green Turtles

A project of Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2008-07-19 17:00:00
Release Location: Haifa city's coast
Last Location: 2009-11-05 09:47:59

Adoptive Parents:
Zohar Kfir
Manny, Dori, Hannah and Noah Arin
The Rileys
Einan Harel-Sauerhaft

Background

Haifa is an adult female loggerhead turtle from a population of less than a hundred females that are nesting on the Israeli coastline. Since 2006 it is noticed that the number of loggerhead sea turtles' nests has increased significantly.
The goal of attaching the satellite transmitter is to trace her path along the year and learn more about the sea turtle population in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea.