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Rare turtle released into the wild
Tue 01 July 2008 14:00 UK — North America,Reptiles
A rare turtle that was rescued by conservationists as a baby almost a decade ago has been released back into the wild.
The loggerhead turtle was christened Dylan when it was rescued on Jekyll Island off the US nearly ten years ago. It had been left behind when its mother and siblings returned to the sea.
Since then, conservationists in the US have cared for the turtle and monitored her growth.
After her carapace reached 50 centimetres, experts from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources decided that the rare turtle could be released back into the wild.
Last summer, the turtle was returned to Jekyll Island where she learnt vital survival skills, such as identifying and capturing natural prey such as blue crabs, horseshoe crabs and whelks.
Yesterday (June 30th), she was fitted with a special satellite transmitter and released into the Atlantic Ocean.
Experts believe loggerhead turtles are in danger of becoming endangered in the near future. Their populations in the western Atlantic have declined rapidly in recent years.
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