
Georgia tween with spina bifida meets adopted sea turtle with matching disability: ‘Felt a connection'
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12-year-old Kendall Barfield and her adopted green sea turtle, Bandit, share a common disability. The young girl reflects on what it was like to meet her turtle for the first time.
Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.
The turtle has been in rehabilitation at the center since it was involved in a boat crash in 2021, which injured its backbone and left its rear fins paralyzed.
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