Colombian Navy and biologists recently rescued a vulnerable Olive Ridley sea turtle tangled in an abandoned fishing net near Gorgona National Natural Park. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00Colombian Navy and biologists recently rescued a vulnerable Olive Ridley sea turtle
00:05tangled in an abandoned fishing net near Gorgona National Natural Park.
00:09Maria Antonia Garces of the Colombian Navy said,
00:12We ensured the turtle was alive, then carefully freed it to avoid injury.
00:17Reuters reports that after its release,
00:19biologists treated the turtle's wounds and tacked it for future monitoring.
00:24This species faces threats from fishing nets, habitat loss, and egg harvesting,
00:29making rescues like this crucial to its survival.