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Loggerhead turtle washed up in Guernsey

A sea turtle is being treated by the GSPCA after being washed up on Vazon Beach in Guernsey

It's not the first time a Loggerhead has been found in the Channel Islands, a turtle named by rescuers as Terri was found washed up in Jersey during January 2016.

They normally live in warmer climates but experts think the creatures have been washed off course during recent storms.

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Sea turtle being treated by GSPCA

Guernsey's animal shelter are working to raise the temperature of a sick sea turtle that was washed up on Vason Beach earlier this month.

It's the same species of turtle that was washed up on a Jersey beach in January. Terri the Loggerhead was treated in the Channel Islands before being flown back home to Gran Canaria.

We do have pet turtles in our care at the GSPCA but to get a wild turtle that should be living around the equator in the tropics is extremely rare and one that we would rarely see in Guernsey, certainly in the winter.

– Steve Byrne, Manager GSPCA

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