Turtle dies of its injuries

Turtle dies of its injuries

23 Aug 2010 ... Learning Curve, Sunday People, New Straits Times from Malaysia.

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ROMPIN: The injured green turtle (penyu agar), which was believed to have been hit by a speedboat propeller in the waters off Pulau Tioman, succumbed to its injuries on Saturday night.

The young turtle died at a turtle sanctuary in Kampung Juara on the resort island about 11pm.

Tengku Arif Temenggong (TAT) Turtle Sanctuary co-founder Datin Seri Rowena Baker told the New Straits Times that the turtle was too weak when it was placed in a water container.

The turtle, which had a deep cut and a huge crack on its shell, was spotted by tourists near the island about noon on Friday.

Rowena said she tried to get help from various parties to save the reptile, including a turtle hospital in Greece which had asked the volunteers at the sanctuary to use salt water to clear the wound of other living organisms.
I'm so sad that we don't have a special facility that can help treat wounded turtles and other aquatic animals in Tioman."
Rowena said she would fly to Tioman with an aquatic veterinarian from Universiti Putra Malaysia to help another injured turtle which was being kept at the Berjaya Tioman Resort.

She said the adult hawskbill turtle (penyu karah), nicknamed "Eva", would need to undergo a surgery to remove a fishing hook which was stuck in its throat.

State Marine Park Department director Izarenah Md Ripin said the department would continue assisting Rowena and her team to save injured turtles including providing logistics services

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