India, April 29 -- The story of a turtle seeing sunlight for the first time after almost 50 years has left social media emotional. The wild eastern box turtle, kept inside a New Jersey home for decades, developed several health issues, including crooked limbs.

"Rockalina, the eastern box turtle, lived on a kitchen floor and was fed cat food for almost 50 years after being taken out of the wild in 1977. After a remarkable recovery, once she was surrendered to Garden State Tortoise, she is getting to feel the sun for the very first time in 5 decades," rescue and rehabilitation centre Garden State Tortoise, which played an essential role in the rescue of the turtle, wrote. The organisation also shared a video on YouTube.

"In May 1977, a yo...