Fortunately no turtle was killed that time, but problems in the Curral Velho beach remain, with turtles often disorientated from the headlights of many cars that make illegal tours in the beaches of Curral Velho and João Barrosa.  There is intense traffic of unknown origin in that area at all times of the night.

In Lacacão beach, the effects of the light coming from the construction site of the new hotel RIU TUAREG are noticeable, with less than 150 nests recorded so far in this beach and an average time of 2.5h of nesting time (followed by disorientation) by the females. Often these turtles need to be "rescued" from the construction site, where they get trapped, and are not able to find their own way to the sea. Falling easy prey to potential poachers living at the construction site, our teams have been doing everything they can to rescue these turtles as much as possible, and avoid the slaughtering. Lacacão remains the most problematic area, as 4 turtles were found recently killed in the construction site. On the other side, mass flooding of the beach two weeks ago by broken pipes and sewage run-off, coupled with extreme high tides have probably compromised all the nests of the season.