AFTER being stranded and injured in Albany nearly two years ago, Squirt the turtle’s future looked bleak.
This was until he was rescued by Albany Wildlife Rescue and rehabilitated in Bunbury at the Dolphin Discovery Centre for a year a half.
He weighed 346 grams and had an injured front flipper when he arrived in Bunbury.
One of the major conservation projects at the Dolphin Discovery Centre is the rescue of stranded baby Loggerhead Turtles.
Thriving in warmer waters, the newly-hatched juveniles ride the warm ocean currents for up to 12 months feeding on plankton.
Once he was fed and rehabilitated, a 3.65 kilogram Squirt was ready to be released back into the wild.
Squirt was introduced back into the ocean in Exmouth with a tracker attached to him on July 19.
More than 80 days later the endangered turtle has broken records for the longest tracked turtle.
Squirt has travelled more than 4200 kilometres and is now back in Bunbury sitting only 400 km off the coast – where he is now travelling in circles.
Squirt’s travels can be followed online by going to seaturtle.org/tracking/?project_id=879
