MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - An endangered leatherback sea turtle is now free after it was freed from a lobster trap.
Boaters in Marathon found the animal in distress and called the Turtle Hospital, a non-profit that rehabilitates endangered sea turtles.
Staff, along with members of the United States Coat Guard were eventually able to free the reptile.
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