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Turtle gets private Canary Islands flight in Bruce Dickinson plane Iron Maiden jet to fly Jersey turtle home to the Canary Islands
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An endangered turtle that was washed up on a Jersey beach will be flown by private jet to the Canary Islands. A stranded turtle will be flown home to the Canary Islands in a private jet owned by Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson.
Terri the loggerhead turtle was being treated by vets in the island but needed to return to a warmer climate to be released. Terri the loggerhead turtle washed up in Jersey and needs to return to a warmer climate to be released.
She will be flown in a jet owned by Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson to Grand Canaria. She was treated for shell damage and signs of an infection, and vets started a campaign to send her home.
Terri the turtle was found on a beach in St Clement, with shell damage and signs of an infection. After calls on social media for money, Guernsey company Aeris Aviation offered Mr Dickinson's jet at a reduced cost.
She was treated by vet Peter Haworth and other staff at New Era vets, who have been campaigning to send her home. The 57-year-old singer, famous for hits including Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter and Run To The Hills, is a qualified pilot, having learnt to fly in the 1990s.
Originally they planned to send Terri by private jet to the canary islands to continue her care at the cost of £22,000. Originally the plan was to send Terri by private jet at the cost of £22,000.
After calls on social media for money, Guernsey company Aeris Aviation offered to provide the jet, owned by Mr Dickinson, at a reduced cost. But now she will be able to take a much shorter flight - approximately five hours instead of the 12 originally quoted - and £6,000 raised in a public fundraising campaign will go towards the cost.
The flight will also be shorter, taking only five hours instead of the 12 originally quoted.
About £6,000 was raised in a public fundraising campaign, which will go towards the cost of the jet.
Mr Howarth said his colleagues were grateful for the support they had been given by people and businesses in Jersey.Mr Howarth said his colleagues were grateful for the support they had been given by people and businesses in Jersey.
He said: "A jet has become available at a far reduced price and with the donations at the hospital and online we have reached the price we need for the jet.He said: "A jet has become available at a far reduced price and with the donations at the hospital and online we have reached the price we need for the jet.
"It shows how much one little turtle can bond people together. We had interest immediately from Dubai, Australia and America."It shows how much one little turtle can bond people together. We had interest immediately from Dubai, Australia and America.
"The sea life trust in the UK offered money if we need it, which we hope to put towards a satellite tracker so people can follow Terri on her journey.""The sea life trust in the UK offered money if we need it, which we hope to put towards a satellite tracker so people can follow Terri on her journey."