Turtle News #5

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Greetings Fellow Brother and Sister Scouts!

Today we have wonderful news from our very own shores here in Singapore.

About 100 hawksbill turtle eggs have hatched at East Coast Park on the 12th of November 2017. The eggs were laid by a female hawksbill turtle back in August of 2017 and we are pleased to there that the turtles hatched and made it safely into our waters.

Read more about the exciting news here!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/around-100-hawksbill-turtle-eggs-successfully-hatch-at-east-9400228

Yours in Scouting
Team Orion VIII

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