2 turtles rescued by Acres make their way home to Malaysia
TESSA OH Today Online 27 Aug 19; SINGAPORE � A small crowd gathered at Jalan Lekar on Tuesday (Aug 27) for a heartwarming send-off, as turtles Barni and Queen B set off for their journey back into the wild. The turtles, who were rescued by the Animal Concern Research and Education Society (Acres) in the middle of last year, will be released at an undisclosed protected area in Malaysia where they can live freely again, in their natural habitat. Barni, which weighs 11kg, is a Malaysian male giant turtle � an endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list. It had been kept illegally as a pet before being rescued by Acres. Malaysian giant turtles are the largest freshwater turtle species in Southeast Asia. Queen B, which weighs 4kg, is an Asian pond turtle, which has been classified as a vulnerable species. A spokesperson from Acres said that it is likely that Queen B was abandoned and subsequently run over by a vehicle � it was found stranded on the ...