Sea turtle toys

There's a plea on the Biological Diversity Web Site to help save sea turtles. It's alarming the number of animal species that humans have brought to the door of extinction. Turtles, tigers, polar bears, rhinos, elephants . . . they all need our help.

Our organization (the Tapir Preservation Fund) focuses on one animal (four species) - the tapir. But when you focus on a species you also have to think about their habitat and the other animals and plants that depend on that habitat. That brings us to the awareness that we are all interconnected.

If we focus on the essential need to conserve wildlife and biodiversity on the planet, it doesn't much matter which species we champion. We're all in it together. Today we show you the toy turtles that help raise awareness of these amazing animals and their plight. Tomorrow it will be something else. We incorporated to raise and distribute conservation funds to tapir projects because that's our particular focus - but raising awareness and making animal replicas available for kids' conservation projects at school, animal fundraisers, educational institutions, and to people who love and enjoy animals is all part of what we do.

For more information on sea turtles, you can also check out the NOAA web site on marine turtle conservation, or just google "sea turtle conservation."