Superstar Mexican lucha libre star and WiLDCOAST ocean defender receives "Environmental Hero" award
Superstar Mexican lucha libre star and WiLDCOAST ocean defender, El Hijo del Santo, received the “Environmental Hero” award from the Monterey Bay Aquarium on September 9th for his work fighting the “enemies of the sea.” Throughout 2007, El Santo, traveled throughout Mexico with WiLDCOAST to fight for clean ocean water quality, to stop the slaughter of sea turtles and to protect marine mammals.
At the Aquarium ceremony with over 1,000 Santo fans in attendance, Santo committed to working to protect the ocean and the illegal slaughter of marine animals, “I am honored to receive this award and will continue to work with WiLDCOAST to protect our coast and ocean.”
“We couldn’t have asked for a better spokesperson than Santo, “said Serge Dedina, the WiLDCOAST Executive Director. “He connects with people, is passionate about preserving marine life and we are looking forward to continuing our partnership with the world’s best ocean “luchador.”
In March Santo traveled to the Colonia Los Laureles to ask the Mexican government to halt the illegal discharge of toxic waste into the Tijuana River watershed that flows into the beaches of Imperial Beach and Coronado. More recently Santo traveled to Rancho Nuevo in Tamaulipas to work with WiLDCOAST and the Mexican National Park agency to protect nesting sea turtles from the depredation of poachers who sell their eggs on the black market. WiLDCOAST produced three-different Spanish language comic books that will be distributed widely in Mexico and California featuring Santo battling his enemies of the sea including “The Pirate”, “Sewage Man” and the “Turtle Eater.”
Santo will travel to Cabo San Lucas next to help advocate for the protection of endangered sea turtles threatened by the black market trade in sea turtle meat and eggs. With a huge following in Japan, El Santo is planning a trip there in 2008 to ask the Japanese to stop the tradition of whale meat consumption.
ABOUT WiLDCOAST
WiLDCOAST protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in the Californias and Latin America by building grassroots support, conducting media campaigns and establishing protected areas. For more information on WiLDCOAST and El Santo check out www.wildcoast.net
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