Escalante mayor frees trapped green sea turtle
In a move to preserve the natural resources in the shores of Escalante City, Mayor Melecio Yap recently freed a sea turtle that was accidentally trapped at Malabagon Reef.
Local Bantay Dagat authorities said two green sea turtles were accidentally caught in the reef. Malabagon is being proposed to become a marine protected area.
It was the smaller turtle that the mayor released because the other one was too big to be transported weighing about 70 kg., 62 cm. wide and 75 cm. long.
DENR personnel and City Agriculture Office of Escalante examined the turtle before it was launched to the deep. (PIA-LOL)