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A volunteer brigade has rescued a 100kg turtle found âlifelessâ and without a flipper on a Mackay beach.
Mackay District Turtle Watch Association member Ali Yates said she was checking nests at Illawong Beach on January 31 when a local alerted her to a 110cm-long animal in distress on the other end. The 100kg turtle rescued from Illawong Beach on January 31. Picture: Ali Yates / Steve Fisher
âWhen I got to (her), her face was in the sand and she was quite lifeless,â Ms Yates said.
âSo I got the sand away from her face to unblock her nostrils and poured some water over her head to wash it all away.