Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in cooperation with the local authorities including Municipal Agriculturist Mary Marjurie Abella, rescued an endangered Hawksbill sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a net, and released it back to the sea on Thursday.
With an estimated weight of 100 kilograms, a length of 100 and a width of 93 both in centimeters, the sea turtle was found by a local fisherman, Rigo Devero, a fisherman from Barangay Tampocon 2, at 7 am of the same day.
Upon clearance from DENR, local authorities released the sea turtle back to the sea an hour after. (PR)
