In an animal shelter near Athens, volunteer vet Kleopatra Gkika gently rubs soothing cream on the leg of a turtle, one of hundreds singed in Greece's devastating summer wildfires. Volunteers like Gkika treat the turtles so they can be released back into the wild. "The first thing we do is observe if there are any external wounds either on the shell or on the legs," explains Gkika, "then we need to get close to smell to see if there is any internal infection". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES