Lilimar Joins Oceana & Delivers Letters to The President For Sea Turtle Conservation

Lilimar gets cuddly with a cute stuffed turtle toy in this shot from her visit with Oceana and One More Generation on Thursday afternoon (June 16) to Wasington, D.C.

The 16-year-old Bella and the Bulldogs actress met up with a few local children to deliver more than 12,500 letters and drawings from kids across the country to the White House urging President Obama and Secretary Penny Pritzker to save threatened and endangered sea turtles in U.S. waters.

The letters, which were highlighted at a meeting with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, represent children from all 50 states and call on President Obama to require a “simple solution” to protect sea turtles from shrimp trawls in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. By requiring the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) � metal grates inserted into shrimp nets that allow sea turtles and other ocean wildlife to escape � the Obama administration has the opportunity to save thousands of sea turtles, reduce millions of pounds of wasted seafood and open new markets to U.S. shrimpers.

“We came to the White House today with a clear message for President Obama � Save sea turtles for kids,” Lilimar shared. “Sea turtles are being killed and there’s a simple action, a simple device, that can save them. When we grow up, shouldn’t we be able to enjoy sea turtles too?”

20+ pics inside of Lilimar making a big letter delivery…