FRI using herbs to treat wounded and sick turtles

Safe journey: Officers inspecting a turtle before it is released at FRI Rantau Abang. — Bernama

DUNGUN: The Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) in Rantau Abang here, dubbed as “turtle hospital”, has been using herbs to treat in­jured turtles.

Its Marine Mammal Branch chief, Mohd Tamimi Ali Ahmad, said the institute received eight reports on injured turtles and managed to save them all after using the method.