TURTLEY AWESOME DAY AS GREEN SEA GIANT GOES HOME
AFTER spending six weeks in hospital being treated for anaemia, parasites on his skin and a head injury, Jervis the 100kg green turtle is finally heading home.
The sea reptile was found washed up at a beach on NSW’s south coast in May.
He spent a month and a half recovering at Taronga Wildlife Hospital and was released into Sydney Harbour yesterday.
“He was very sick,” Taronga senior veterinarian Dr Larry Vogelnest said.
“But thankfully he recovered quickly.”
A small green turtle named Wanda was released alongside Jervis outside Sydney Heads.
He’s fitted with a satellite tracker to help measure the success of his rehabilitation and provide data on the green turtle’s preferred habitat.
Taronga Wildlife Hospital receives about 40 marine turtles for treatment each year. It is tracking 13 that have been rehabilitated and released.
Australia is home to six of the world’s seven marine turtle species.