The last week of January was like a little trade fair marathon: from 21 to 29 January on the BOOT in Düsseldorf and from 26 to 29 January at the travel fair FESPO in Zurich, our teams from Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein informed interested visitors the threats and the protection of the sea turtles. This was made possible by the Association of German Scuba Divers (Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher, VDST) and the diving tour organizer WeDive, who generously provided us with space at their stands. The highlight of the week was the draw of our Turtle Foundation Raffle at the FESPO on Sunday. We would like to thank all participants who supported our projects by buying tickets, VDST and WeDive for their great support, the sponsors of the many great prizes, and congratulate the lucky winners! The winners’ ticket numbers are available at www.turtle-foundation.org/en/tf-raffle/.

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At the booth of WeDive at FESPO 2017 in Zurich, Edi Frommenwiler, owner of Pindito and sponsor of the first prize, is drawing the winning tickets of the Turtle Foundation Raffle. Left and right from the Turtle Foundation Foundation Board Svea Meier (TF Liechtenstein) and Frank Zindel (President of TF Switzerland and TF Liechtenstein) help with the draw.

FESPO Zürich 2017

Turtle Foundation board member Christine Zindel (left) and Margrit Roduner Gabathuler (right) are looking forward to an exciting raffle draw.

FESPO Zürich 2017

Svea Meier and Frank Zindel with three lucky winners who were personally present for the drawing.

Boot Düsseldorf 2017

Booth of the Turtle Foundation at the Boot Düsseldorf, which was on the second fair weekend operated by the two active members of Turtle Foundation Friends, Beate Sonnet-Reinecker and Michael Sonnet (photo: Stan Gonia).

Boot Düsseldorf 2017

Beate and Michael are pleased about the enthusiastic response of the fair visitors (photo: Stan Gonia).

Boot Düsseldorf 2017

The filmteam of center.tv Heimatfernsehen Düsseldorf reported on 27 January about the work of the Turtle Foundation.