“Ah!
Turtle !
», Exclaims Sebastien Caron while walking through the national reserve of the plain of the Moors, mostly charred.
The conservation and science manager at SOPTOM is looking for turtles that survived the fires that marked the Var ten days earlier.
The scientist takes them to the Fauna sauvage care center in Carnoules to repair their shells and put them back in shape before releasing them.
Hermann's tortoise is an endangered species.
The action of the authorities is therefore very important: "We will try to save her because she is the one who will save the species afterwards: she will lay her eggs, continue to reproduce and allow the young to repopulate them. media that have been damaged.
»Sebastien Caron warns about the situation of Hermann's tortoise and explains how to save this endangered species in the video of our partner Brut.
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