Denise's flipper was amputated after a suspected boat
strike.(Supplied: Alma Street Veterinary Hospital)
A
vulnerable green sea turtle that washed up with life-threatening injuries on a
remote beach has returned to the sea — 18 months, and thousands of dollars
worth of food later.
In
November 2018, a Great Keppel Island resident raised the alarm after finding
Denise with a sliced throat, cut eyelid and half a flipper missing. In
rough seas, rescuers loaded the injured turtle onto a bodyboard and carefully
towed her to an accessible beach.
With
the help of a forklift, she was ferried 15 kilometres to the mainland and
driven another 50km to Rockhampton veterinarian Greg Muir.
During
her 18-month recovery at the Quoin Island Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Denise
put on more than 30kg and ate more than $15,000 worth of squid, sardines and
pilchards……
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