{"id":5404,"date":"2020-10-12T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=5404"},"modified":"2020-10-13T14:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:37:46","slug":"extensive-media-coverage-for-dr-helen-pheasey-on-gps-enabled-decoy-sea-turtle-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2020\/10\/12\/extensive-media-coverage-for-dr-helen-pheasey-on-gps-enabled-decoy-sea-turtle-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Extensive media coverage for Dr Helen Pheasey on GPS-enabled decoy sea turtle eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2020\/10\/09\/gps-enabled-decoys-to-combat-illegal-trade-of-sea-turtle-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">field study<\/a>\u00a0led by\u00a0Dr\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/721\/pheasey-helen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helen Pheasey<\/a>\u00a0of the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)<\/a> has achieved worldwide media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The research, which explores the illegal trade of sea turtles by using 3D-printed, GPS-enabled decoy eggs, was carried out in Costa Rica alongside NGO <a href=\"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paso Pacifico<\/a> and has so far been covered by several hundred regional and national news outlets across the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. The story has also been picked up by science news publications.<\/p>\n<p>The news outlets that covered the research include:<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/oct\/05\/decoy-turtle-eggs-put-in-nests-to-track-trade-in-costa-rica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Guardian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/10\/05\/decoy-gps-turtle-eggs-inspired-breaking-bad-used-catch-poachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/turtle-eggs-gps-decoy-illegal-wildlife-trade-costa-rica-b832323.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Independent,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/science\/3d-printed-eggs-fitted-gps-tracking-sea-turtles-trafficking-677918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2256101-decoy-sea-turtle-eggs-equipped-with-gps-help-track-down-smugglers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Scientist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-wire-inspired-a-fake-turtle-egg-that-spies-on-poachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/science-and-technology\/2020\/10\/10\/a-new-device-may-help-stop-the-robbery-of-turtles-nests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/amp\/en_us\/article\/n7wayg\/scientists-made-breaking-bad-inspired-gps-turtle-eggs-to-fight-poaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vice<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/decoy-turtle-eggs-are-cracking-down-on-poachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> IFLScience<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/scientists-plant-fake-turtle-eggs-with-gps-in-sea-turtle-nests-to-track-illegal-wildlife-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The\u00a0National Post (Canada)<\/a><\/em>. Dr Pheasey has also taken part in a number of broadcast interviews including BBC South East Today, BBC Radio Kent, NPR and Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Helen said, &#8220;I am delighted with how our study has been received in the media. Our research offers a real opportunity to address the illegal trade of sea turtle eggs, focus demand-reduction campaigns and is a step closer to developing a law enforcement tool that enables a proactive approach to curtailing wildlife crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5406\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5406 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/files\/2020\/10\/This-photo-shows-researcher-Helen-Pheasey-holding-a-decoy-egg-on-the-beach-with-a-sea-turtle-CREDIT-Otto-Whitehead-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Helen Pheasey holding a decoy egg on the beach with a sea turtle\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Helen Pheasey holding a decoy egg on the beach with a sea turtle. Photo: Otto Whitehead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0field study\u00a0led by\u00a0Dr\u00a0Helen Pheasey\u00a0of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has achieved worldwide media coverage. The research, which explores the illegal trade of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2020\/10\/12\/extensive-media-coverage-for-dr-helen-pheasey-on-gps-enabled-decoy-sea-turtle-eggs\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40284,"featured_media":5405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159353,6599,124,70,6600],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5407,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5404\/revisions\/5407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}