CNN: Sea turtles have been targeted multiple times this year in Florida. Another was just found with a spear in its neck
A green sea turtle was found and rescued with a 3-foot-long spear stuck in its neck, according to o nonprofit Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida. The sub-adult turtle, which weighed 150-pounds and is named Splinter, was taken into surgery so the spear could be removed. Bette Zirkelbach, Turtle Hospital manager, told CNN affiliate WPEC that X-rays revealed that the large stick traversed more than half of the innocent turtle’s body. The hospital said that a day after Splinter was rescued, he was “active and looking good in water.”1 RELATED STORY: Man Buys Endangered Sea Turtles From A Food Market...
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