Poetto di Quartu, they look for the sea but take the wrong road: 25 turtles saved on the cycle path

Rescued in Quartu Sant'Elena 25 sea turtles who had "lost" their way home.

It happened at Poetto where the specimens, after hatching, instead of marching towards the beach, took the wrong path, that of the cycle path that runs along the seafront. Citizens reported their presence. On site the intervention of the staff of the Naval Base of the Forestry Corps of Cagliari. Alerted by the Operations Room, he immediately went to the area, next to the Octagon bathing establishment, finding another 25 little turtles wandering around disoriented by the sunlight.

The forest patrol recovered them, simultaneously alerting the regional network for the protection of marine fauna. Thanks to the intervention of the biologists of the Villasimius AMP, the small turtles were brought to safety: collected in a sterile container, they were then released from the gulf sea, in total safety.

The Caretta caretta nest from which they were born was not among the 9 known in Sardinia, located and constantly monitored by the Regional Network as well as by the Forestry Corps. The intervention and rescue was successful also thanks to the collaboration of the citizens who alerted the Forestry Corps through its environmental emergency number, 1515.

(Unioneonline/vf)