Armed with a wooden stick, a bucket and a headlamp, Philippine construction worker Johnny Manlugay hunts every night for the eggs of sea turtles on the pristine beaches of the northern province of La Union.
Tamayo added that the figure had doubled during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. At a time when disease curbs kept people indoors, there was a rebound in many aspects of animal activity.
Volunteers receive 20 pesos for each egg collected, or four times what they might earn from selling them. The eggs are transferred to the programme's hatchery to be reburied in protected areas. "The incentives help us pay for our food and electricity bill. When I got lucky, I was able to save and use it to buy a tricyle which I use when I could not go out to fish, so that's another source of income," he added.
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