Kélonia

Kélonia
Hawksbill sea turtle at Kélonia
21°09′09″S 55°16′49″E / 21.152469°S 55.280206°E / -21.152469; 55.280206
Date opened16 August 2006
LocationSaint-Leu, Réunion, France
Websitewww.kelonia.org/00-GB/index-gb.html

Kélonia is a public aquarium and observatory specialising in Marine turtles in Saint-Leu, Réunion.

It was built on the site of a former Turtle Ranch and hosts guided visits and educational workshops. Kélonia participates in different research programs on marine turtles. These include migratory studies, monitoring populations and genetics.

It also has a turtle clinic which cares for injured marine turtles to return them to the wild.

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