When B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall encountered a very lost loggerhead turtle in waters near Victoria over the weekend, she knew it faced a grim fate at sea.
“The turtle would not have survived,” said Hall, principal scientist at consulting group Sea View Marine Sciences.
“Had the turtle stayed in the ocean, either it would have died due to hypothermia, or it would have been hit by a boat. It was just moving so, so slowly.”
Hall was the first marine biologist to respond Sunday after a resident near Pedder Bay between Victoria and Sooke discovered the drifting reptile while checking crab traps.
A turtle
