Saba Asri Turtles Conservation
GIANYAR BALI – INDONESIA
Saba Asri is a very simple self-funded sea turtle conservation center initiated by a local fisherman Made Kikik located at Saba Beach, Gianyar Bali-Indonesia. It started off with his passion and love of Mother Nature, to help sea turtles survive from the aggressive attack of stray dogs along the coastline that keep digging and eating turtle’s eggs.
At first, he sent those turtle’s eggs to the nearest turtle conservation in the island and little by little learning the entire processes as time passed by. In 2007 he tried to implement what he had learned and gathered turtle eggs to his own backyard with very simple facilities and resources with few friends.
Not until early 2013 did the local government notice of the existence of this group and helped donate some funds to build a more proper conservation center by the beach even though it’s still far away from perfect. The sanctuary is not even well protected by solid wall, only using temporary fence where stray dogs sometimes easily slip inside to steal eggs.