Home sweet home: A Wildlife Rescue Unit member releasing Klowyi into the sea, witnessed by Sainsbury (in white shirt) and Sabah Park rangers (in the opposite boat).
KOTA KINABALU: A rescued female juvenile green turtle, diagnosed with floater syndrome probably due to ingesting plastics or having bacterial infection, has been released back into the sea by the Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit.
The turtle, nicknamed Klowyi, was seen floating and unable to dive in Kudat waters a month ago, and was rescued by a Kudat Turtle Conservation Society member who alerted the unit.
During rehabilitation, the turtle was placed at the Clownfish Discovery Centre in Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort here, where it was nursed back to health by the unit’s veterinarians and rangers.