Rehabilitating sick Manning River turtle for wild release | video

Rehabilitating sick Manning River turtle for wild release | video

From the Wingham Chronicle

by Julia Driscoll

Taree reptile enthusiast Brenton Asquith has something in his loungeroom that nobody else in our region does – a Manning River turtle in a temporary tank.

Two days before Christmas last year Brenton took a call from Aussie Ark director and Australian Reptile Park general manager, Tim Faulkner. Tim asked Brenton whether he could take possession of two of the endangered species for rehabilitation, as they were extremely unwell.

(Check out the video in the full story.)