Off-Duty Police Officers Rescue Huge Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leaning over the aspect of a ship off the coast of Florida, Steve Mullen minimize a crab lure weighing 25 kilos away from a critically endangered leatherback sea turtle. Mullen, an off-obligation patrol lieutenant for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and his fellow officer, Brad Smith, have been out on Mullen’s boat within the Atlantic once they discovered the huge turtle in misery. They have been afraid it wasn’t even alive. They obtained shut sufficient to assist and Mullen minimize the rope from across the turtle’s neck and flipper. Smith took the helm of the boat and caught the rescue on video. Once it was freed, "he was the quickest turtle I’ve ever seen," Mullen stated. — Read it at ABC News
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