Endangered turtles released after oil spill rescue

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Endangered sea turtles were returned to the Mediterranean

after surviving an oil spill in February 2021

Location: Michmoret, Israel

Workers used cotton buds and wipes to clean the animals

and fed them mayonnaise through a tube

to expel oil that had been swallowed or inhaled

(SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF ISRAEL NATURE AND PARKS AUTHORITY, SHAUL GOLDSTEIN, SAYING:

"I think this is a kind of alarm for all of us. If we are going to bring more and more ships and more and more naval tools, vessels, to our ports, the risk of another spill like that, contamination, is enormous and I think that if we are not going to take care of the security of those ships, we are going to suffer a lot."