P-Dog

Cape Lambert Flatback Turtle Monitoring Program

A project of Rio Tinto.

click map for full-size version P-Dog (Flatback Turtle) is 5 km W of the coast of Australia and 357 km from Port Hedland

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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2011-12-22 17:50:00
Release Location: Bells Beach, Cape Lambert, Western Australia
Last Location: 2013-03-17 12:57:39

Background

This turtle was fitted with a PTT as part of the Cape Lambert Turtle Management program. The PTT was fitted at Bells Beach, Cape Lambert, but P-Dog had previously been flipper tagged at Cowrie Beach, Mundabullangana (approximately 100km east of Bells Beach) in December 2008. (Tags WA76242/WA76243/WA88877)