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BZS just misses out on award recognising use of drone technologyMonday, November 07, 2022
An island charity was shortlisted for an international award for its use of drone programming.
The Bermuda Zoological Society was nominated for a Drone Deploy Award for its use of Drone Deploy, an internet-based drone mapping programme.
BAMZ interns get hands-on experience in range of roles
Friday, October 21, 2022
Over the summer the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) had the privilege of affording a multitude of student summer positions at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo (BAMZ), through internship programme placements and volunteer opportunities. Within these roles the students were able to gain industry experience, explore the different areas of the facility, gain volunteer hours for their academic year, and acquire mentorships for their future within the industry of environmental studies and conservation.
Event to give young people a say in Blue Prosperity Plan
Friday, October 21, 2022
Young people were invited to provide input on how Bermuda can mitigate long-term threats such as climate change as part of a consultation on The Draft Blue Prosperity Plan.
We cannot give up hope, says turtle advocate
Friday, October 14, 2022
One of the highlights of the year for Gaëlle Roth is the Bermuda Turtle Project’s annual turtle round-up.
For two-weeks every August, D Roth, director of the project, scientists and conservation students, come together to capture, weigh, measure, examine, tag and release turtles in local waters.
Work of Bermuda scientists to be highlighted at New York event
Saturday, October 08, 2022
The Atlantic Conservation Partnership, a sister organisation to the Bermuda Zoological Society, in partnership with The Explorers Club NYC, will host Heart of the Sargasso Sea: Bermuda's Marine Conservation on October 13 at The Explorers Club headquarters.
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A loggerhead turtle that underwent a three-and-a-half-hour operation to remove a large rusting hook from her trachea is making a steady recovery.
The turtle, who has been named Daisy by the hospital surgeons who helped save her life, has been moved into a larger tank at the aquarium to continue her rehabilitation.
Yesterday, the 60kg creature was given antibiotics to prevent infection and remained under constant supervision for the entire day. “The turtle received antibiotics yesterday delivered intramuscularly and also hydrating fluids delivered subcutaneously,” said Ian Walker, curator of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
In good care: doctors and marine experts at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo are nursing a turtle back to
health after she underwent a three-and-a-half hour operation to remove a hook from her trachea. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
“Her breathing is much improved with no inspiratory or expiratory sounds that had been so obvious before. We moved her to a larger pool and are continuing to offer various food items to encourage her to eat.
“She is being monitored continuously by husbandry and veterinary staff.”
The loggerhead turtle was rescued by free divers Shaun Holland and Aaron Bean off the North Shore on December 30 and brought to the aquarium.
Doctors and marine experts at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo are continuing
to nurse a loggerhead turtle back to health after she underwent a three-and-a-half hour
operation to remove a hook from her trachea. Pictured left to right- Choy Aming,
Dr. Ian Walker and Patrick Talbot. (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Scans conducted at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital the next day revealed a hook deep in the turtle’s trachea that had caused her left lung to hyperinflate and right lung to partially collapse.
On Tuesday evening surgeon Boris Vestweber, anaesthetist Andrew Spence, surgical nurse, Andrew Westhead and Dr Walker performed an emergency tracheotomy to remove the hook before then repairing both tissue and skin damage caused by the incision.