A lost turtle found in Scotland and rehabilitated in Yorkshire is released back into the wild.
The animal found cold, stunned and dehydrated, became the smallest live stranded loggerhead turtle recorded in the UKA turtle nursed back to health in Yorkshire after being washed up on a Scottish beach has been released back to its home waters 1,700 miles away.
She was rehabilitated at Sea Life in Scarborough for 18 months, before being released in the Portuguese Azores.Image caption, Iona, a loggerhead turtle, had not been expected to "make the night" after she was spotted by a passer-by more than 1,000 miles from her natural habitat. Mr German, animal care curator at Sea Life Scarborough, said the reptile was found "in the bleak midwinter, [it] is just incredibly lucky that she was found".Image caption,He said the turtle's release on 4 October was "quite surreal because she's been with us for a long time".'Super resilient'
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