Fishermen rescued an endangered turtle that was found tangled in a fishing net in the Philippines.<br /><br />The giant leatherback was stranded on the beach in Dangay village, Oriental Mindoro.<br /><br />Footage shows the locals cutting away the net with a knife while the others secured the frightened marine creature while it was struggling inside. <br /><br />Onlooker Uno Cusi said he saw the group of fishermen frantically calling others to go over and help the turtle.<br /><br />He said: "That was the biggest turtle that I saw in my years of living here. There are not so many people here since the lockdown, so maybe that is what attracted the animal to come here."<br /><br />Leatherback sea turtles are classed as 'vulnerable' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
