Police Set Free Trapped 1,000 Pound Leatherback Sea Turtle
Suffolk County police came to the rescue of a giant sea
turtle that got herself into some big trouble in the Long Island Sound on
Monday night.
Boaters spotted the 6-foot, 1,000 pound sea turtle
tangled in lobster pot lines about a mile north of Mount Sinai Harbor around
8:40 p.m.
The turtle appeared to be in distress and having
difficulty breathing, police said.
Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers and members
of the Riverhead Foundation’s Rescue Program worked over three hours to free
the endangered Leatherback sea turtle.
Once freed, the turtle appeared to calm down, and swam
away on her own without further incident, police said.
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