Treatment for Tortoise Tools 'for two weeks'

The wound on my body The Turtle Lake's sword is not very heavy and the treatment can be completed in two weeks, a member of the Board of Turtle treatment committee said.

After more than 2 hours of arrest, Tortoise lies in the net.Photo: Ha Hong.

" The wound on my body The turtle does not sore as badly as many people think, the tool is still very strong, some of the nails on his front leg are lost due to his old age, there are some wounds on his neck but not sores " Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khoi, director of the KAT Group, a member of the council treating the Sword Lake Turtle, commented today, one day after putting the turtle up.

" Turtle treatment can be completed in two weeks, " he added.

KAT is a company with many years of experience in raising and trading turtles in Hanoi.

According to Mr. Ha Hong, the person who spends a lot of time observing the Sword of the lake and looking at the turtle tool yesterday, the stain of the brick on the shell of the turtle has disappeared, the white mold has faded."This development can be attributed to the improvement of the lake environment in the past time ," said Ha Hong.

Dr. Ha Dinh Duc, who closely monitored the process of arresting turtles, also said that the turtle's health is better, the injuries on the apricot, the neck and the front paws are not worrisome, mainly wounds in the shoulder blades slightly heavy. The treatment team is conducting a comprehensive health check for the Tortoise, then giving specific treatment directions.

"When he brought the tool to the shore, he showed no signs of panic, looked very good, sometimes he raised his head and swam lightly, " Mr. Duc said.

The raid took the Sword Lake turtle yesterday.Photo: Quy Thong.

Evaluation of the capture of Tortoise, Mr. Khoi said, all happened with the script. " At first, we determined to practice torturing and catching turtles in the morning, and in the afternoon we arranged for the forces to wait for us when we took advantage of the opportunity.

Time to officially arrest is from 15h to 16h30, if you don't see turtles, the work of catching turtles will stop, because of fear of dark, but all goes smoothly ".

Yesterday, about 50 people of the KAT Group and 10 soldiers of the Capital Command led the Sword Lake Turtle to the treatment area at 17:00. Turtle tools were put into a tank with a diameter of 5m, 1.2m high to treat wounds.

According to the treatment regimen that the steering committee saved Sword Lake turtle announced earlier, as soon as the Sword Lake turtle was returned to the treatment site, the functional force would take samples to find the pathogen. This process will also incorporate morphological classification, sex determination, AND pattern collection for future research activities.