Disposable diapers... a nightmare

For the members of RAO Anzoátegui, who monthly walk kilometers of beaches within the sea turtle study, Mochima National Park offers to every visitor or local the most spectacular and varied landscapes, only interrupted by the sight of large amounts of garbage and where disposable diapers are found more and more, thrown on the sands of the beaches of the state.

For the members of RAO Anzoátegui, who monthly walk kilometers of beaches within the sea turtle study, Mochima National Park offers to every visitor or local the most spectacular and varied landscapes, only interrupted by the sight of large amounts of garbage and where disposable diapers are found more and more, thrown on the sands of the beaches of the state.

Diapers are hygiene items used by many human beings, starting with children. It is clear that technology left its mark on them once "disposable" diapers began to be manufactured, which reduced the work of washing cloth diapers, since they are used only once and then simply discarded and a new one is put on. And while cloth ones still take up a lot of space in many homes, disposables are becoming a nightmare, and not just because of their price.

Disposables are made of cellulose, polyester, and/or sodium polyacrylate, a very absorbent polymer, but they are not degradable, they contain plastics that even if they are disposed of, are present in the environment for years occupying space in the natural environment and in many occasions, in the stomachs of the rich marine fauna.

La Tortuga Foundation calls on all the inhabitants and tourists of our beautiful coast to be more conscious of this type of waste because their place is not the beach, which everyone has the right to enjoy. The responsibility of the parents of the babies is fundamental.

Let’s learn that the environment belongs to everyone and that our right ends where the rights of others begin.

More sea turtle remains

During the last tour of this study team, new sea turtle remains were located. This means that the efforts carried out for their conservation are still not enough and they continue to be persecuted by man, their main predator. Fresh carapace, plastron, and bones were found at different points along the coast.

It was also reported that a turtle was killed on La Borracha Island by fishermen who had already taken off the shell and were brought to the attention of the Attorney General’s Office thanks to the joint and timely action of Inparques Anzoátegui and Guanta Coast Guard.

Fundación La Tortuga calls on all fishermen and especially Anzoáteguians to understand that sea turtles are endangered species, that their presence in the seas is fundamental to maintaining the proper marine ecological balance and our own survival.