As one of our conservation strategies, we raise baby sea turtle hatchlings to an age when their shells are hardened enough to protect themselves from the natural predators in the wild. Aside from human predation, natural predation - animals such as birds, crabs, ants, raccoons, and larger fish, is the main reason for the high mortality rates of hatchlings and why "1 out of 1000 hatchlings survive to adulthood."

Sea turtles already have enough pressure from mankind - extending a hand to their babies is something we can do to counteract the destruction we humans have caused to their species. We should reduce the pressures they face from natural predators by giving them maternal love and care. Imagine how your life would turn out if your mother and father left you to fend for yourself when you were born...the time is now, in this critical era of possible sea turtle extinction, that we must give baby sea turtles the love they deserve.