Pacific Ridley Turtle, Ngarunui Beach/Raglan

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Pacific Ridley Turtle, Ngarunui Beach/Raglan

Postby Michael Szabo » Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:53 pm

Mark Lammas (DOC) and Cara Hanson reported yesterday via Facebook: "Urgent mercy dash from Ngarunui Beach/Raglan to the Auckland Zoo with an unwell live Pacific Ridley Turtle.

Photo of the turtle on the beach before it was taken into care: https://scontent.fpmr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=619A5C65

Link to the original post: https://www.facebook.com/mark.lammas.7/ ... 0829832560
'Birds New Zealand' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Birdsnewzealand

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