Group rescues 'lifeless' 100kg turtle from Mackay beach
Premium Content Subscriber only A volunteer brigade has rescued a 100kg turtle found âlifelessâ and without a flipper on a Mackay beach. Mackay District Turtle Watch Association member Ali Yates said she was checking nests at Illawong Beach on January 31 when a local alerted her to a 110cm-long animal in distress on the other end. The 100kg turtle rescued from Illawong Beach on January 31. Picture: Ali Yates / Steve Fisher âWhen I got to (her), her face was in the sand and she was quite lifeless,â Ms Yates said. âSo I got the sand away from her face to unblock he...
Source: dailymercury.com.au