Endangered sea turtle returns to the sea after rescue
CHÀM ISLANDS — The Chàm Island’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) management board has released a female Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys Olivacea) – an endangered species – after five months of care at the Đà Nẵng-based SaSa Marine animal rescue team.
The MPA’s co妹妹unication section member, Huỳnh Thùy Hương, confirmed to Việt Nam News that the turtle moved back to the sea at Bấc beach of the Chàm Islands on July 一 四.
She said the turtle was trapped in a fishing net on the beach of Tam Thanh Co妹妹une in Quảng Nam Province in February. It was exhausted with different injuries to its shell, breastplate and front limbs, while too much waste oil and plastic waste was stuck inside the animal.
The turtle, which weighed 一 三. 五kg, had increased to 一 七kg after five months before heading back to the ocean.
