A green sea turtle is on the road to recovery at uShaka Marine World, almost 150km away from where it was rescued at Umkhobi beach in Kent Bay on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
The turtle is on the road to recovery after rehydration and nutrients fed through intravenous therapy and rewarming. Stock photo.A green sea turtle is on the road to recovery at uShaka Marine World, almost 150km away from where it was rescued at Umkhobi beach in Kent Bay on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
National Sea Rescue Institute station commander at Port Edward Gert du Plessis said the barely alive turtle was found on Tuesday by beachgoer Christopher Kortenhoeven from Pretoria. “NSRI crew, in our sea rescue vehicle, responded to investigate and joined a Mpenjati Conservancy member on the scene. The green turtle, a local species to the area, was found barely alive on the beach.
A trauma board and blankets were used to gently transport the turtle off the beach and load it into a sea rescue vehicle. “We rendezvoused with the uShaka Marine World member halfway between Durban and Port Edward, at the Hibberdene off-ramp, and the turtle was taken into their care,” said Du Plessis.
uShaka Marine World later confirmed that after rehydration and nutrients fed through intravenous therapy and rewarming, the turtle, nicknamed Donatello, was on the road to recovery. A beach release into a protected area would likely follow but it was too early to say when the turtle would be released.
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