{"id":32874,"date":"2025-07-30T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32874\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:12:08","slug":"kite-surfer-notices-stick-in-the-waves-then-realizes-someones-stuck-on-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/32874\/","title":{"rendered":"Kite Surfer Notices Stick In The Waves \u2014 Then Realizes Someone\u2019s Stuck On The End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-element-index=\"0\">It was a blustery day this past March when a kite surfer in Malta noticed a large stick moving through the water. Getting a closer look, the surfer realized the stick wasn\u2019t just being pulled by the tides \u2014 there was someone stuck on the end.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753859528_463_scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg\"  alt=\"turtle trapped on stick \" width=\"792\" height=\"928\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;aspect-ratio:792 \/ 928\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Wildlife Rescue Team Malta <\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">The Good Samaritan quickly contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wildliferescuemalta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Rescue Team Malta<\/a> for help. A pair of rescue volunteers named Lisa and Liz tried navigating the rough seas, but soon realized they wouldn\u2019t make it. In need of backup, the women contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CivilProtectionMalta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Protection Malta<\/a>, which dispatched a boat to the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753859528_421_scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg\"  alt=\"turtle in ocean \" width=\"792\" height=\"576\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;aspect-ratio:792 \/ 576\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Wildlife Rescue Team Malta <\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">Searching the ocean, Civil Protection Malta volunteers found who they were looking for \u2014 a desperate sea turtle, still tied to the end of the stick by a knot of plastic. The volunteers gently hauled the turtle out of the water and brought her to Lisa and Liz, who were waiting nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">Rescuers named the turtle Belle, freed her from the last bits of trash, and examined her for injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753859528_632_scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg\"  alt=\"turtle trapped \" width=\"792\" height=\"607\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;aspect-ratio:792 \/ 607\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Wildlife Rescue Team Malta <\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">\u201cThankfully the entanglement wasn&#8217;t extremely tight and hadn&#8217;t caused deep cuts or loss of circulation to the flippers,\u201d a representative from Wildlife Rescue Team Malta told The Dodo.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">The volunteers treated Belle\u2019s superficial cuts and gave her a moment to relax. Then, they released her back into her ocean home.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">Wildlife Rescue Team Malta hopes this story encourages community members to be mindful of their wild neighbors.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">\u201cIt is very important that we dispose of our rubbish in a responsible manner, and when out at sea or at the beach, to always make sure we leave nothing behind us,\u201d the representative said.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"2\">If everyone does their part to keep the oceans clean, turtles like Belle will surely be grateful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars-ga-action=\"related link\" data-vars-ga-label=\"daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars- rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753859528_952_flatten;crop;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg\" alt=\"Diver Sees Enormous Turtle Lying On Sea Floor \u2014 And Realizes He Needs Help\" width=\"116\" height=\"156\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;aspect-ratio:116 \/ 156\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars-href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars-ga-action=\"related link\" data-vars-ga-label=\"daily-dodo\/diver-sees-an-enormous-turtle-on-the-sea-floor-and-realizes-he-needs-help\" data-vars- rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diver Sees Enormous Turtle Lying On Sea Floor \u2014 And Realizes He Needs Help<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a blustery day this past March when a kite surfer in Malta noticed a large stick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[5441,5439,1397,5477,90,5438,5436,19838,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-32874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-encounters","tag-daily-dodo","tag-environment","tag-maeve-dunigan","tag-science","tag-standard","tag-the-dodo","tag-turtle","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}