WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow)- The Dept. of Land and Natural Resources is investigating following a report of a boat striking a Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle in the water off Waikiki.

Ocean Safety officials say a group of surfers saw the turtle early Wednesday afternoon and tried to bring it back to shore. Before they reached the beach, the turtle broke free and swam away toward Ala Moana Beach.

A short time later, the wounded turtle was spotted again closer to Kaiser's Beach. DLNR was able to slowly lead it to land, where they could carefully tend to its injuries.

When veterinarians with NOAA arrived, they noted that the turtle was alive, but clearly injured – with a large slash in its shell and innards exposed.  It was taken to a facility for care, but died in transport, a spokesperson for NOAA says.

Initial reports indicate the turtle was injured by a propeller strike from a boat.

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow)- The lion cubs at the Honolulu Zoo are growing up fast. They are almost six weeks old now and weigh 14 pounds each, which animal experts say is fairly large compared to cubs living in the wild.

The young lions will be ready for public viewing in about a month, zoo officials say. Until then, the public is invited to view the cubs on a closed circuit monitor at the Honolulu Zoo. Four cameras are watching their every move.

The cubs were born to the zoo's lioness, Moxy, on Dec. 15.  The four-year-old lioness was obtained through a breeding loan with New York's Bronx Zoo in November 2010, coordinated through Species Survival Program (SSP) guidelines.

Her mate, Ekundu, or "Red" in Swahili, arrived in Honolulu on July 1, 2010 from the San Diego Wildlife Park. Ekundu is five years old and also part of a breeding loan program governed by SSP.