Touching scene of saving 31 turtles from smugglers’ hands and releasing them into the sea

Colombian authorities have rescued 31 turtles from smugglers who were transporting them in an illegal smuggling operation under cover of darkness.

The authorities stopped a truck belonging to illegal black market smugglers, who were transporting turtles, in the city of Micao.

A video clip broadcast by the abcn channel showed Colombian soldiers during the operation to free the turtles towards the sea.

SWIM FREE: Thirty-one turtles are released back into the sea after they were seized by authorities from illegal black market smugglers who were transporting them on the back of a truck at night. https://t.co/N2z8F4VqpE pic.twitter.com/0nMjQcaQYK

— ABC News (@ABC) October 16, 2021

“We have released 31 turtles, but unfortunately 11 others have died,” a Colombian official said, urging everyone to conserve wildlife.