Picture shows the turtle Jorge at the Aquarium Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center (CRFMA), located in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
After 38 years of captivity he was transfer to facility from Mendoza, where he will begin an adaptation process needed for future release.
Note: Licensed photo. (Ciudad de Mendoza/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Ciudad de Mendoza/Newsflash
27 October 2022
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A VIP turtle that has spent nearly 40 years in captivity has been moved to a new home as part of a plan to return him to the wild. Loggerhead Jorge - thought to be up to 72 years old - has become a legend at his zoo in the city of Mendoza in Argentina where he had spent the last 38 years...