In 2008, a 40-kilogram green sea turtle was found floating with near-fatal injuries off the coast of Jebel Ali. But through the efforts of the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP), she was yesterday released into the sea from the beach at the Mina A’Salam hotel as hundreds of onlookers cheered. The turtle, named Emerald, was taken to within 15 metres of the water in a crate and pointed towards the sea, but just lay there, seemingly in a state of disbelief. Dr Mariam