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A sea turtle entangled in fishing net and stranded at a beach in Crete was rescued by a passer-by earlier this month. The video of the agonising rescue soon went viral.
The incident occurred at Lendas beach near Heraklion
A man is seen using a knife to carefully cut the net around the rare loggerhead turtle (Caretta-caretta). After a few minutes the animal is free and is seen swimming away. — Greek Reporter
The single greatest threat to most sea turtles is fishing gear, the WWF warns. Hundreds of thousands of turtles are accidentally caught by gillnets, shrimp trawl nets and on longline hooks each year. Source: Facebook/GreekReporter