i mean, you can see that these turtles actually are his babies. that s quite an impressive sight. i ve never seen it, and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach to see this release. on the outskirts of dakar, in the back yard of his dad s old farm, tomas has built this village of the tortoises. it s popular with tourists and school groups, but it s also a hospitalfor sick and injured turtles. you see the remains of the place where they dig or they draw a hole in order to put a rope to attach the turtle. wait, why was a rope attached to the turtle? yeah, because when you have them in captivity and you don t want them to dig in the middle of your lawn. oh, no! ..you want to have like a rope in order to control the animals. but now, tomas is taking me to see
that s quite an impressive sight i ve never seen it and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. on the outskirts of dakar, in the back yard of his dad s old farm, tomas has built this village of the tortoises. it s popular with tourists and school groups, but it s also a hospital for sick and injured turtles. you see the remains of the place where they dig or they draw a hole in order to put a rope to attach the turtle. wait, why was a rope attached to the turtle? yeah, because when you have them in captivity and you don t want them to dig in the middle of your lawn. oh, no! ..you want to have it like a rope in order to control the animals. but now, tomas is taking me to see the head honcho here. this is bill.
that s quite an impressive sight i ve never seen it and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. tomas started as a teenager, rescuing african spurred tortoises the second biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he s working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent s biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it s a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in africa. what would you like
about the species, the more you are going to be able to save them. ifeel like i need to hold my breath. 0h, breathe in! does that hurt or is thatjust like getting your ears pierced? yeah, it s going to hurt but it s going to. save your life at the same time? yeah. tomas is about to celebrate 30 years of working with turtles in senegal. his work has brought him awards and recognitions from around the world. he s so gentle with it. i mean, he s you can see that these turtles actually are his babies. that s quite an impressive sight i ve never seen it and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. tomas started as a teenager, rescuing african spurred tortoises the second biggest species in the world. since then, his work
ah! because the more you know about the species, the more you are going to be able to save them. ifeel like i need to hold my breath. 0h, breathe in! does that hurt or is thatjust like getting your ears pierced? yeah, it s going to hurt but it s going to. save your life at the same time? yeah. tomas is about to celebrate 30 years of working with turtles in senegal. his work has brought him awards and recognitions from around the world. he s so gentle with it. i mean, he s you can see that these turtles actually are his babies. that s quite an impressive sight i ve never seen it and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. tomas started as a teenager,