Coast Guard rescues trapped leatherback
By kingsnake.com · August 18, 2014 5:57 am
The Coast Guard is known for saving endangered sailors, but one crew can say they saved an endangered turtle.
From MYFOXNY:
The United States Coast Guard has released video showing a crew saving a huge sea turtle from a dangerous, tangled situation off the New Jersey coast. The video shows Coast Guard members from Station Cape May, New Jersey, and an official from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigatine untangling the leatherback turtle from fishing gear on Saturday, August 9, 2014. The Coast Guard estimates the turtle weighed about 800 pounds. As soon as the turtle was free of the gear, it swam away, appearing unharmed.Read more...
