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Wounded turtle sent back to Sword Lake
  • | Tuoi Tre | July 13, 2011 07:12 PM

After three months of treatment for wounds caused by bacterial infection, Sword Lake’s turtle was released July 12 afternoon.

The turtle has completely recovered after three months of treatment

Le Xuan Rao, Director of Hanoi’s Department of Technology and Science, said the open wounds on the turtle’s legs and shell have healed completely.

“The water environment in the lake is now safe for the turtle to live in,” Rao said.

Rao said thousands of fish such as mud carps and tilapias had also been released into the lake to ensure food sources for the turtle. Hanoi has also dredged sediments at the lake’s bottom to clean up the waters, he said.

The female turtle, which is over 100 years old and weighs 169 kg, is believed to belong to a new turtle species totally different from the well-known giant soft-shell turtles living in Shanghai, China.

The treatment of the wounded turtle has attracted a great deal of attention from the public as Hanoians hold Sword Lake turtles in reverence.


The turtle pictured three months ago

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