Recent Sightings
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Past Rescues
November 2007: Recently saved by Dave at Bribie Boat Hire and our Deslie was a large Loggerhead Male turtle which went to The Australian Wildlife Hospital. He was floating near the Bribie Island Bridge and he was christened 'BIG TED' and looked to be over 80 years of age.
He spent many months being looked after by Lee and the awesome team at TAWH who monitored him daily. Gradually over time he passed the gas and plastics and regained his strength to return to the wild.
Well done Dave, Des and TAWH team - may nature smile on your endeavours!!
October 2007, a large turtle (about 1m shell) was also spotted by the Ferryman up near Donnybrook with Floating Sickness.
She was reported to The Australian Wildlife Hospital with a team there within 1/2 hour to rescue her.
'BROOK' was about 60+ years of age, a breeding Green turtle and was monitored over a couple of months. Unfortunately she only got worse and was unable to pass the plastics & gas and finally died just prior to Christmas.
We visited her a couple of times and tears were shed when we found she had gone. We remember how she used to love her back flippers being lightly scratched and her beautiful doe-like trusting eyes as she floated waiting for us to provide a miracle.
It was found that 'the severe impaction of plastics in her gut was about the size of a house brick' and there was absolutely no way she would have survived. This would have been happening over many months, and once this was found, it was obvious that absolutely nothing could have been done for her. Her vital organs were also found to be heavily polluted with toxins.
Lots of turtles were sighted pre-Christmas 2007 with quite a few rescues taking place from strandings and boat strikes.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE......DO NOT LEAVE RUBBISH PARTICULARLY PLASTICS AND STYROFOAM – ONCE THIS GETS INTO THE SEA, MARINE ANIMALS MISTAKE IT FOR FOOD AND WHEN EATEN THEY WILL GET FLOATING SICKNESS AND DIE FROM EITHER STARVATION, DROWNING OR BOAT STRIKE!
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