An injured sea turtle has been relocated to Scotland after being discovered in the Maldives trapped in a plastic bag.
The olive ridley sea turtle - called April - was found in the Raa Atoll in April 2019 without a right front flipper - and her left one was damaged too.
April was trapped in netting with a plastic bag wrapped around her neck when she was found floating on the surface of the ocean, as reported by the Daily Record.
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The animal was then moved to the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre at the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru for examination and care.
It was revealed after an x-ray that April also had a lung infection, as well as potential tears inside her lungs, and vets discovered that the turtle was also unable to fully dive underwater - which meant that she could not be set free back into the wild.
As a result, the turtle was relocated 5,000 miles from the Maldives to Loch Lomond, making her the first olive ridley sea turtle in the UK.
Two Maldives-based environmental agencies, Reefscapers And Marine Savers, as well as the UK's Sea Life aquarium business and its conservation charity the Sea Life Trust, teamed up with IAG Cargo to fly April to her new Scottish home.
April joins five other sea turtles taken to new homes through the Flying Turtles Project, while Marine Savers has rehabilitated and released more than 180 others to date.
Kathryn Angel, Sea Life Loch Lomond's general manager, said: "We are thrilled to welcome April to the Loch Lomond family. She has settled in brilliantly. To have a turtle in our facility once again is a real pleasure.
"April suffered injuries as a result of plastic pollution, so by having April on site at Sea Life Loch Lomond, children can actually see the impact that plastic pollution can have on the creatures first hand."
Andy Torbet, Sea Life Trust ambassador, added: "Being re-homed to the Sea Life Centre is great for April, it's going to give her the best quality of life that she can have for the remainder of her life.
"She'll be a great ambassador not only for marine life and sea turtles, but because of her injuries, which were quite obvious, she'll act as an ambassador for the idea of plastic pollution and ghost netting being an issue, and why we need to do something about that.
"When you see an injured turtle up close and personal with injuries caused by ghost nets and plastic pollution, that sort of issue is driven home a lot more intensely."
