Critically endangered hawksbill turtles were released back into the Arabian Gulf by Jumeirah Al Naseem's turtle lagoon as part of the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP). Critically endangered hawksbill turtles were released back into the Arabian Gulf by Jumeirah Al Naseem's turtle lagoon as part of the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP).

This latest release brings the total number of turtles returned to the wild since the project began in 2004 to 1,175.  All the turtles have been rescued from the shores of the UAE by members of the public and nursed back to health by the DTRP, which still stands as the only project of its kind in the Middle East. All the turtles started their rehabilitation at the facilities within Burj Al Arab Jumeirah and then moved to the new turtle lagoon at Jumeirah Al Naseem prior to release.

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