Mumbai: Olive Ridley with damaged shell, rotten flipper rescued

Mumbai | Thursday | 20th June, 2019

Summary:

Speaking on the health condition of the Turtle brought to her on Wednesday, Dr Dev said that its condition even worse than the previous two. "It's left flipper is completely rotten and gangrene has set in leaving no option but to amputate it. Incidentally, since Monday, three Olive ridley turtles have been rescued from Mumbai coast. However, despite a 2-hour long effort by Dr Dev and Dr Premal Darji, another vet, they met with no success. Dr Dev informed that an endoscopy was performed to locate the position of the hook in the oesophagus..