Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s premier five-star resort Shangri-La Tanjung Aru received the prestigious “Asean Green Hotel Award” from Asean Tourism Forum 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR – reaffirming the resort’s commitment to sustainability and eco-friendly practices in the hospitality industry.
The turtle, nicknamed Klowyi, was seen floating and unable to dive at Kudat waters a month ago.
A Kudat Turtle Conservation Society member took it and alerted the rescue unit.
During its rehabilitation, Klowyi was placed at the Clownfish Discovery Centre of Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort (STAR) Marina here where the unit s veterinarians and rangers nursed it back to health until it was able to be released on Wednesday (May 12) morning near Sapi Island waters.
State department assistant director Dr Sen Nathan said Klowyi suffered from a serious condition caused by excess accumulation of gas in the body, making it unable to dive for food or protection.
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.