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Tiny, endangered sea turtle found on QuebecÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Magdalen Islands

ItÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s the first time the turtle has been found there
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(Steven Senne/AP)

One of the worldÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s smallest and most endangered turtle species was found on the shores QuebecÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Magdalen Islands last week Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥” a first in the province.

Veterinarian Jean-Simon Richard says he was contacted last Saturday after someone found a beached KempÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s ridley sea turtle on the archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Richard says attempts were made to revive the turtle but proved unsuccessful and the animal will be sent for a necropsy to confirm a cause of death.

He says he believes the turtle swam farther north than usual because it was attracted to the warming waters and likely died from hypothermia.

Kathleen Martin, executive director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, says the discovery is significant because KempÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s ridley turtles migrate from the Gulf of Mexico and that sea turtle species are in peril.

Martin says Canada will have to play an increasingly important role in the protection of endangered sea turtles as climate change creates warmer waters that bring unexpected marine animals to the countryÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s shores.





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