In a rescue that concluded with a happy ending, agents of the Fast action forces (Fura) of the Police Negotan Añascoto free a huge tinglar that was entangled in some buoys.
The sergeant Dennis Gómez Ortizof the Maritime Surveillance Unit, reported The new day that in the morning he went to the area with other agents after being alerted about the situation in which the tinglar was.
“Añasco’s coasts are normally traveled by voluntary staff of the Varking Network and in addition to the private entity that protects sea turtles. This is a very high area of anide incidence. Today was a biologist around the area and, in addition to that, there were two civilians who warned that they were seeing the tinglar entangled in the buoys ”he narrated via telephone.
After arriving at the area, the sergeant and the agents Alexis Irizarry Valentín and Dani Soliveras began the rescue operation that took approximately half an hour.
“We use techniques that we normally exhaust first before having to make an immersion, because sometimes we have to join to get them out,” said Gómez Ortiz.
However, on this occasion, the agents used a hook to hold the corporal and, little by little, cut it.
“Always pending, the tinglar tends to throw the fin to try to grab. We have to try not to hurt him more than what has already been hurt”he said.
Another factor that the officers had to be attentive, in the middle of the rescue, was the wind.
“Motors can do a lot of damage to the tinglar and you have to be aware of wind movements. Today, the wind has been very strong and that makes quite the rescue mission of the animal ”he said.
To questions of this medium about the large size of the animal, as shown in the rescue video, Gómez Ortiz said that “it was like 800 pounds and care. ‘
After cutting the rope, the marine turtle submerged and continued to enter the waters.
The sergeant shared that, during the seasons of anide of these species, which extends from March to July, they run into many cases like this.
“We see them trapped in the buoys or fishermen’s nasas,” he said.
How to protect this species?
According to him Natural and Environmental Resources Department (DRNA), is the Marine turtle bigger in the world.
At the federal level, The tinglar has been categorized as a protected and in danger of extinction since 1970, Before threats that include incidental capture in fishing arts, direct capture, habitat degradation and loss, ocean pollution, collisions with boats and Climate change.
Before this panorama, Sergeant Gómez Ortiz highlighted the importance of navigators are attentive to the waters.
“In the morning, above all and at night, always keep pending water, which is where they emerge to go to the sand”he reported.
“Nor should they light them with bright lights Because they are disoriented. It is very important and we exhort fishermen to always maintain good supervision of their nasas when they throw them into the water so that, if they run into a situation like this, they notify us so that we will gladly provide help to free the species, ”he said.