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Mehnard t1_j9uhtu6 wrote

"...have the Irish Naval Service take her to the warmer waters of the Canary Islands..."

I'll bet there's a line for that duty.

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Awasawa t1_j9vtoq8 wrote

Yeah and the line would stretch from Ireland to the Canary Islands

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cjb231 t1_j9vwf3l wrote

Just pass em along the row til it gets there

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JonnySoegen t1_j9xa08o wrote

That’s where I began to wonder… (actually after that 12hrs round trip of the rehabilitation guy), how much effort is justified for a single creature?

I love that they’re taking care and making sure it survives, but is it an endangered species? They wouldn’t do that for every other animal, right? Like a malnourished seagull for example.

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madpacifist t1_j9xexyk wrote

It's not a bespoke trip set up for this single turtle. The Irish Navy will have ships out on exercises, aid missions and other deployments as part of their regular draft.

In this case, they'd just be taking an extra passenger along to somewhere they're likely already going to be in proximity of.

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