The heavy metal singer’s personal plane flew Terri the turtle to the Canary Islands You know that guy who sings for the British legend Iron Maiden? Sure you do, because Bruce Dickinson is one of those outstanding human beings involved in metal. He has cheated death not once, but twice; also is a big honcho at a luxury aviation company and sells private jets to those who have enough money to purchase a small country. If you want to add more to the list of great things he does, what about wildlife rescuer?

An endangered species of turtle washed up on a Jersey beach in the Channel Islands with a serious infection, that led those who found it to launch a crowdfunding campaing  to get her home to the Canary Islands. A Spanish sanctuary offered to care for her once the transportation costs were covered, which at the moment was €8,000, when Dickinson stepped in and decided to take the turtle himself. Vet Peter Haworth explained:

“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.”

If you were searching for a new metal hero to look up, and for some reason it wasn’t Dickinson, we recommend you worship him From Here to Eterenity.

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Alix Vallecillo
Black Metal enthusiast from Los Angeles who thought was a good idea to grab a camera and shoot underground shows for the hell of it. Pseudo-writer with little to no expectations of ever winning a Pulitzer but totally down to write about your unknown band if it's good to my ears. I enjoy long walks on the beach, deep conversation, holding hands and attending Satanic music shows every now and then.