CONSERVATI ON OF GREEN TURTLE 87 of hatchlings emerging from a marked nest was recorded. The hatchlings were transferred into a bucket and released at the edge of water at night so as to avoid predators, like dogs, jackals and gulls. The feral dogs and jackals dig up the nests for food. The gulls pick the hatchlings emerging from the nest or on way to water. The eggs that failed to hatch were counted and buried in the sand