Zoe

Leatherbacks from the Southatlantic

A project of PRICTMA.

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Species: Leatherback
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2006-10-29 12:30:00
Release Location: Kiyu, San Jose (Uruguay)
Last Location: 2008-09-08 20:28:24

Adoptive Parents:
Aaron Stewart
Hannah Darcy
Robin De Leon
Fjord- & Bæltcentret
Tiffany Holtzman
Pete Muratore
Jesse Console
Mrs. McKnight's 3rd graders
Lisa Kidder
Taha Khodr
Rachel Hamill
Karen Wilson
Eric Spence
Chuck
Zoe Ziff
Ms.Kohlmann's Kindergarten Class
Ian Shannon
Ashley Pallas
Shaelyn Frost
Charlotte Hudson

Background

Zoe, a leatherback female was incidentally captured by an entaglement net in the Rio de la Plata estuary, at the locality of Kiyu, west of Montevideo (Uruguay). Local fishermen (Popo and friends) brought the turtle to the coast and immediately contacted members of the Karumbé project. A satellite tag from PRICTMA (Argentina) was then brought from Buenos Aires to Kiyu by an artist friend "Zoe", making possible to deploy the transmitter on the turtle after a tremendous team effort from both countries.
This turtle is now being monitored by PRICTMA (Argentina) in conjunction with Karumbe (Uruguay).