Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre opens WA’s premier marine turtle rehabilitation space

This year’s turtle rescue season, just in time, Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Center opened the WA’s leading sea turtle rehabilitation area last week.

Volunteers, community members and guests of JBS & G, which partner with DDC for renovations, met at the center on Wednesday evening to see the newest animal rescue existence of the South West.

The facilities were replaced by previous blue bathtubs with much larger training pools for special construction expandable tanks and turtles lost and washed on the South West beaches.

DDC General Manager Maddy Carse said that the new area can look at about 40 turtles every season and have the areas required for rehabilitation.

Mrs. Carse said that financing from the Lotterywest and the Department of Regional Development of the Primary Industries and Regional Development helped the project.

“We will be able to use this investment for our rehabilitation center to advance the awareness of the public and the participation of society,” he said.

Ms. Carse said that 13 of the 15 turtles, which have been rehabilitated since last year, are ready to go to the north and released to birth places and natural hunting areas in Ningaloo.

“This will be a proud and emotional time for those who have looked at these turtles every day of the year,” he said.

“To get this result took the DDC Army, today we have played a role in maintenance for these turtles – this is not a brief effort.”

In the last 20 years, DDC has successfully rehabilitated the Loggerhead turtle.

With the latest bad weather, Mrs. Carse said that the first purchases of this year could be on the beach and that the society called on the sand to see that any offspring was washed.

It is vital to not put them back into the ocean, and instead of placing them in a towel or a small amount of fresh water, and contacting the center.

JBS & G Main Environmental Consultant Benn Prowse said he was proud to work in upgrades with DDC.