The weather today was much nicer enabling us to head up to the Turtle Farm in West Bay and give Kevin a chance to check out the Cayman Wildlife Experience there to see if it is appropriate for his course. I tagged along as chauffeur and we checked out the full park including the snorkel lagoon, aviary and of course the turtle tanks. The Turtle Farm is a study in contradiction. It is a farm where they raise endangered Green Sea Turtles for the purpose of selling them as meat to local restaurants. This seems bad but as a result of this farm they undercut the poachers in price leading to less poaching of Greens in the wild. In addition, they put back more turtles into the wild than would otherwise survive naturally. It is akin to the hunting of certain species in the U.S. to prevent starvation, almost counter intuitively, you kill some to save many. Here are some shots of Kevin interacting with some of the younger turtles in the touch tanks that you could wade into with them.
