Friends in Guatemala Rescue Sea Turtle From Plastic Basket

Published November 16th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT
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A group of friends out fishing off the coast of Guatemala rescued a sea turtle they found caught in a discarded plastic basket.

Carey Chen, 52, recorded video when she and friends Danilo Carmeno and Ridge Murphy spotted the turtle stuck in the plastic basket while they were participating in a Casa Vieja Lodge charity fishing tournament.

"I saw the yellow basket in the distance which was moving, so I told the captain to turn back," Chen wrote of the experience. "As we got closer, I could see a turtle trapped in the basket."

The video shows the friends pull the turtle from the water and remove the basket from its body.

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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