Frederick Yeh (centre) receives an injured sea turtle at Lingshui, Hainan in 2013. He helped set up the rescue group Sea Turtles 911. — Filepic
Pang Pang, a green sea turtle, will soon leave its human friends in China’s Hainan island behind and return to the sea in sound condition. This 71cm-long turtle that was washed ashore more than a year ago and sent by fishermen to Haikou city, Hainan, for rehabilitation.
“The most exciting thing for us is to see the turtles released into the sea after receiving care at our centre,” said Sun Mengli, one of the volunteers at Hainan Normal University’s turtle conservation and research centre in Haikou.
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