Rescued green turtles released into the sea


All set to go: WRU personnel preparing one of the rehabilitated turtles fitted with a satellite tracking tag before releasing it into the sea off Mabul island.

KOTA KINABALU: Two rescued green turtles have been nursed back to health and released into the sea near the diving haven of Pulau Mabul in Sabah’s east coast.

The turtles, weakened by illness, were found in May and since then have been nursed back to health by the Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) personnel, WRU acting manager Dr Diana Ramirez said.

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