The "first aid" for sea turtles was born in the Ferrara area, baptized by the release of Scaglia into the sea, a young specimen that had been accidentally fished last fall in a net for mullet and in difficulty for having ingested plastic. The center, reports Nuova Ferrara, was born in the Anmi (National Sailors Association of Italy) club in Porto Garibaldi. It was inaugurated yesterday and will be managed by the association of marine biologists Tao Turtle of the Adriatic Organization, in collaboration with the Cestha research center. It aims to minimize the impact on animals recovered in difficulty.
It is, explains to ANSA Simone d'Acunto, director of Cestha, a first aid center that works "like a sort of triage: it welcomes the specimens that are found injured or in difficulty and all tests are performed on them If the animal does not present pathologies such as to require a long hospital stay, it is proceeded with its marking and its re-release to the sea, if the case is serious, it must be transferred to the nearest therapy center ", which in this case is the rehabilitation center of Marina di Ravenna.
The area of the Po delta is an area with a large concentration of sea turtles that reach it to feed.