Rahayu the turtle is back home safe. She will be returned to the wild in Malaysia, where she belongs. The endangered Malaysian freshwater turtle was rescued in Singapore in October 2015 after a local saw her crossing a road. The turtle, which weighs around 30kg, was discovered with a fish hook in her mouth. The reptile was…

The rare turtles, destined for Kuala Lumpur, were packed tightly into cardboard boxes sealed shut with duct tape. By the time Pakistani wildlife officials in Karachi discovered them, all but 13 the 62 freshwater turtles had suffocated through a lack of oxygen. “They were wrapped in such a way that…