ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ Σύλλογος για την Προστασία της Θαλάσσιας Χελώνας
ARCHELON Τhe Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece
The Sea Turtle Rescue Centre has been operating since 1994 in Glyfada, Attica, by the waterfront. It was founded by ARCHELON with the support of the Municipality of Glyfada and the Ministry of Environment and is one of the first Sea Turtle Rescue Centers in the Mediterranean. Its purpose is to treat injured and sick sea turtles and eventually release them back into the sea. You can adopt an injured/ sick sea turtle at the Recsue Centre and contribute to it's treatment and feeding costs. And of course you are welcome to come and visit it at the Rescue Centre or get updated from our webpage about it's progress and release back to the sea.
TURTLES NAME | INJURY | DATE OF ARRIVAL | ADOPTER | |
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Piou | Flipper injury | 20/07/2012 | |
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Sophia VII | Carapace injury | 14/10/2017 | Pierik Gerrie |
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Hermes | Head injury | 29/09/2018 | |
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Zoe IV | Intentional head injury | 19/10/2019 | |
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Sven | Head injury | 22/12/2019 | |
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Electra | Severe head injury | 25/06/2020 | |
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Lacta | Head injury | 18/07/2020 | Britta Joachim |
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Cleopatra | Head injury | 19/07/2020 | |
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Taygete | Carapace injury | 30/07/2020 | Loudon Leonie |
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Lemony | Head injury | 31/07/2020 | Bamert Denise |
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Forest | Severe lung infection | 19/08/2020 | Parsons Jessica |
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Spirit | Head unjury | 29/08/2020 | |
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Nikos V | Head injury | 02/09/2020 | 4th Primary School of Orestiada |
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Scuba | Flipper injuries from entanglement | 04/09/2020 | |
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Poseidonia | Lung infection & hook ingestion | 11/09/2020 | |
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Nessaja | Lung infection | 25/10/2020 | |
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Hally | Ηook & fishing net ingestion | 01/11/2020 | |
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Calypso ΙΙ | Flipper entanglement | 16/11/2020 | General High School of Patras |
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Navy Blue | Ηypothermia & hook ingestion | 23/12/2020 | |
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Ariel | Head injury | 30/12/2020 | |
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Winnie | Flipper injury from entanglement & debris ingestion | 03/01/2021 | |
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Michael | Hypothermia, old flipper injuries due to entanglement | 02/02/2021 | 32nd Primary School of Volos |
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Dhalia | Οld flipper & neck injuries due to entanglement, hypothermia | 03/02/2021 | |
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Valentine | Hook & fishing line ingestion | 13/02/2021 | Delfi Primary School |
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Ithaca | Ηook ingestion | 13/03/2021 | |
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Ondine | Hook ingestion and hypothermia | 23/03/2021 |