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Gisele Bundchen is doing her part to save the environment.
On Saturday the 41-year-old top model posted a video of herself rescuing a turtle that was wrapped in a fishing net after her dog Onyx drew attention to the struggling animal.
She took to Instagram to share the anecdote while encouraging her 18.2 million followers to 'become more aware' and 'help protect all animals' from the devastating effects of pollution.
Animal lover: On Saturday Gisele Bundchen shared a video of herself rescuing a turtle that was wrapped in a fishing net after her dog Onyx drew attention to the struggling animal
She began the post by reminding her followers that 'Life is a series of opportunities that appear daily, and we choose what to do with them. Today was no different.'
According to Gisele, she discovered the helpless turtle during an early morning workout with her dog.
'Early this morning I was walking on the beach and Onyx started barking at a pile of ocean trash that had washed during high tide,' she explained.
Gisele, who's married to Tom Brady, described the moment she realized it was more than a pile of trash: 'When I came closer I saw this beautiful turtle turned upside down with a look of hopelessness and exhaustion in her eyes, her body knotted and entangled in a fishing net.'
The sensitive soul continued, 'I immediately started to free her from the net that was strangling her, but even after we got her untied, she
