While out at sea, a fisherman named Pasupathi found an Oliver Ridley turtle stuck in an abandoned fishing net.

He then took the turtle and returned to shore after fishing, where he informed forest department officials

They came and cut off the fishing net trapping the turtle, before placing it back in the sea to swim away.

Location: Aranthangi, Pudukkottai district of Tamilnadu State in South India.

Pasupathi a fisherman went fishing with his team and in the middle of the sea he found an Oliver Ridley turtle that got struck in the abandoned fishing nets.

He then took the turtle and returned to shore after fishing. He then informed the forest department staffs.

They came and they cut off the fishing nets that was tangled in its head and fore limbs and then freed it from the net. Later it was left in the sea.