PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - A flight from Plettenberg Bay to Cape Town last week had a very unlikely passenger – an endangered turtle that was saved from the brink of death.
Marketing manager at Tenikwa Wildlife Rehabilitation and Awareness Centre in Plett Amelia Havemann said on October 5, 2017 vigilant members of the Sedgefield Animal Matters group discovered a juvenile green sea turtle washed up on the beach in Sedgefield.
“The turtle was on its back and they at first believed it was dead. When the flipped the turtle over, they realised it wasn’t and brought it to Tenikwa,” Havemann said.
The turtle was dehydrated and suffered from a large wound to one of its flippers.
It is not known what caused the injury, but Havemann said it could well be the result of a bite from another marine creature.
“We were however able to stabilise the turtle and managed to rehydrated it. We managed to nurse him back to such a condition where a flight to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, for further care, would be possible.”
CemAir agreed to sponsor the turtle’s flight to Cape Town and on October 10 the young marine creature boarded the flight.
The turtle was dehydrated and suffered from a large wound to one of its flippers.
The endangered turtle that was saved from the brink of death.
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