My Boss and I were returning from a retreat at one of the hotels in Lekki when we saw a group of young men with a huge Sea turtle at the roundabout close to Chevron. At first we decided to ignore this scene and drive on but the thought of what would become of the turtle if it got into the wrong hands wouldn’t let us be. So we decided to turn around and discuss with these young men. We asked what they wanted to do with the turtle and they said they wanted to sell it. We asked how much, and was told 20,000naira, we were able to negotiate the price with them and beat it down to 17,000naira.
At this point the turtle was looking very weak and tired, so we put her in the car and started driving. We considered returning her to the sea or taking her to Lekki conservation centre; but for the fact that she acted very weak and lethargic and this would only make her an easy prey for larger animals in the Sea, we decided to go with the latter option.
While wondering what could have made her return to land, even to the extent of getting captured, pop! she dropped an egg right there in the car. Apparently she was pregnant and only came to land to lay her eggs.
While driving to Lekki Conservation Centre, we decided to call someone over there to inform them of our coming but we were told that they have a strict acceptance policy which prohibits people from bringing animals to the centre. This I found very absurd and annoying; considering the fact that we were donating the turtle for free, not like we were requesting for any money from them. The fear that the new animal to be introduced might carry germs or diseases and infect other animals could be properly dealt with, simply by quarantining the new animal for a period of time and taking other preventive measures.
We ended up taking the turtle to Lufasi Park in Lekki were she was gladly accepted.

Main Point
We continue killing, maiming and hurting almost all the animals we find in our environment. Anytime I come online to nairaland, there is always a topic that looks like the “see the animal that a nairalander killed in his room, house, compound, school etc”. It would either be a snake, alligator, squirrel, deer etc. You never see a topic like “see the animal a nairalander captured and is returning to the zoo”. The mere fact you could kill it means you could also capture it and take it to the zoo, park or reserve. It is just inhumane, unfair and wicked to keep killing all the animals we find in our environment. There would be a time when all these animals would be gone in Nigeria; what then do you want the generations yet unborn to see.

Sorry for the quality of the pictures

Eyaa bless u. Especially for the amount you went to the extent of paying just to save the life of the poor pregnant turtle. Thanks a lot.



FTC
Chocolate cream

the turtle couldn't kill you. if it was a snake, the love of life will make you kill it.

but kudos still


also you people should stop referring to yourselves as "a nairalander" you are talking about yourself for christ's sake

Really big

You try small!

Kindness is a good virtue, it Is scarce in Nigeria

Hope u won't kill and eat it...

chocolateme:
Eyaa bless u.

God bless you too

feran15:
the turtle couldn't kill you. if it was a snake, the love of life will make you kill it.
but kudos still
also you people should stop referring to yourselves as "a nairalander" you are talking about yourself for christ's sake

The mentality of the average Nigerian is to kill all animals they come across; dangerous or non-dangerous. I used a "nairalander" only to make a point.

Imdachick:
Really big

Yes it is

kendrick9:
Hope u won't kill and eat it...

lol, its currently in a park.

OP.

You'll do great opening a wildlife conservation centre.
you seem to have a thing for Animals.

kudos to you

[color=#990000][/color]Na wa oh. This one go make sense for belle. ;DNa wa oh. This one go make sense for belle.

You did good. I love hearing news like this.

lucky turtle.
very lucky it didn't jam a hungry nairalander, it would have been cooling down in his small intestine and that of his kins men

I have always campaigned for conservation whenever I read those silly threads about some snake being killed. Good job OP, thanks to you and others like you, our children, grand children and other generations will continue to enjoy the diversity of animals on this planet. The wholly mammoth, dodo, sabre tooth tiger, emu etc all went extinct because humans hunted them to their demise. Can you imagine your grand children growing up knowing elephants and turtles in pictures only simple because this generation caused their extinction?

Be wise.

Awwwwww. Cute Turtle.

You did well Op. Nice one. God Bless you.

Those people killing every snake, alligator, lion , tiger et al they see, should learn from this

Seattle

Awww you really tried

Cool!

Looking foward to the day someone will catch a Live lion in his compound and take it safely to the zoo

eyesofgod:
A potential weekend dish wasted

You are a good person sha. If it were others pepper soup has landed be that oo

The thing is big o.

Nice one

A hungry Nairalander sold a turtle to a wealthy Nairalander who knows more abt conservation of wild life . 17k just like that, d OP try shall. God bless ur pocket in hundred fold for saving a life!

A potential weekend dish wasted

17k....

Alright.. next pls.

chocolateme:
Eyaa bless u.

what if na water spirit