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Woman Spends 92 Days Saving A Sea Turtle Covered In Barnacles (Original Post)
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yankee87
(2,824 posts)1. Love
thanks
calimary
(90,017 posts)2. Stories like this give me hope.
Poor thing! Actually got a second chance!
Chicagogrl1
(645 posts)3. So beautiful & inspiring
😢😢
efhmc
(16,658 posts)4. How do they know it will not happen again?
StarryNite
(12,115 posts)7. They don't.
But the thing is, she got a second chance. Rescues like this are about saving the animal and if at all possible releasing it back into the wild. The ultimate goal is the release. Hopefully it won't happen again.
Biophilic
(6,552 posts)5. Thanks. I needed this story today.
StarryNite
(12,115 posts)6. I love this.
This made my day.
I have two desert tortoises and a box turtle. They are such incredible animals.
twodogsbarking
(18,779 posts)8. Kindness. That is all we have.
AverageOldGuy
(3,833 posts)9. How did they remove the barnacles?
???
ZDU
(1,264 posts)14. Info follows:
Silver Gaia
(5,361 posts)10. Made me cry. 😢
There are still good people in the world. It's good to be reminded.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,847 posts)11. Thank you for posting this
aggiesal
(10,803 posts)12. We live amongst angels. n/t
ZDU
(1,264 posts)13. Yay! She swims away!
Rhiannon12866
(255,525 posts)15. Awww! Thank you for posting! I love turtles...
I had an Eastern Painted Turtle as a kid that my Dad's friend rescued from the road while crossing a mountain. And we only had him for so long when my Dad insisted we let him go in a nearby artists' colony where there were woods and a stream, far from any roads, I like to think he's still there...
Faux pas
(16,356 posts)16. Kudos