This juvenile is approximately 2-3 years old and was found by beach goers on Goolwa Beach last week. Luckily for him he was removed from the beach as the tide was coming in fast and taken to safety thanks to the Department for Environment and Natural Resource – Officers from Dry Creek who worked closely with AMWRRO to coordinate this successful rescue.
Little Josh with his infected flipper
Josh unfortunately sustained a significant trauma to his front left flipper which saw approximately 7 inches of skin flapping around and that was extremely infected. He was unable to apply pressure to this flipper hence making it extremely difficult to walk and forage for food. Josh came in at 15kg (extremely emaciated) and is currently undergoing treatment for his wounds.
Flippers crossed we can pull him through and a special thank you to all those who found him, raised the alarm and assisted with his rescue.
