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Turn off the lights, for turtles' sake! Every summer in Glynn County, Georgia, thousands of imperiled loggerhead sea turtles leave their nests and struggle across the sand to the ocean for their first swim. Then they start an epic, awe-inspiring migration — if they make it down the beach. Their journey to the water is challenging at the best of times. Now bright, stadium-like lighting at a nearby highway exit has changed it from difficult to deadly. Besides driving female sea turtles from their nests, the lights divert hatchlings from the sea, drawing them inland to become exhausted and die. There's an easy solution: Glynn County could switch off these lights and use the safer, wildlife-friendly streetlights already installed along the highway. But the county refuses to act — despite depending on sea turtles for tourism. It has also failed to implement beachfront lighting ordinances to protect sea turtles. They don't deserve to be shell-shocked by artificial lighting. [Video des...

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