Taronga Zoo tracks endangered sea turtles after they ingest plastic

By Nicky Phillips
Updated September 15 2015 - 10:08am, first published August 29 2015 - 1:04am
X-Ray of a Green turtle that swallowed a fishing hook. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
X-Ray of a Green turtle that swallowed a fishing hook. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
A young Green turtle that was nursed back to health by Taronga Zoo after ingesting plastic. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
A young Green turtle that was nursed back to health by Taronga Zoo after ingesting plastic. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
Taronga Zoo Wildlife Hospital manager Libby Hall releases a Green turtle, Nora, with a tracker on her back. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
Taronga Zoo Wildlife Hospital manager Libby Hall releases a Green turtle, Nora, with a tracker on her back. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
Marine debris removed from Green turtles. Photo: Madeleine Smitham
Marine debris removed from Green turtles. Photo: Madeleine Smitham

Libby Hall never buys balloons. She also avoids groceries that are smothered in plastic wrap.

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