On a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.

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KERKENNAH, Tunisia – On a barge hundreds of metres ... with netting below to allow the convalescing animals to reach the sea floor. The loggerhead sea turtle, also known as Caretta caretta ...