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A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team was called July 9 ...
At one end, they noticed a sea turtle caught in the netting and struggling. They wasted no time springing into action to ...
After a large green sea turtle wandered onto a beachfront patio in Florida, it needed a little help from local rescuers to find its way back to sea. CNN values your feedback 1.
Kids, parents and even grandparents all gather around a glass window to watch MSC staff members treating injured or sick turtles that have been rescued and brought to the hospital for rehabilitation.
The public is urged to report any injured, distressed, or dead sea turtles to their Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922) so that trained responders can provide assistance.
His wife, Debby Walther, transports the turtles to the New England Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy for rehabilitation. The couple takes quiet pride in their work, knowing each rescue gives ...
Congress is nearing passage of the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, which would create a new $33 million federal grant program to fund institutions around the country that ...
When water temperatures drop below 50 F, sea turtles can become "cold-stunned." This condition renders them weak and unable to swim, leaving them stranded and vulnerable to injury or death.
SURF CITY, N.C. (WNCT) — At the Karen Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, sick sea turtles will now have a new and improved space to rehabilitate. Along with upgrades to the sick bay ...
Rescue teams brought the cold-stunned sea turtles to Panama City Beach to warm up. In an ‘impressive’ rescue, more than 1,200 sea turtles saved from cold Florida waters ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A sea turtle found stranded on the Oregon Coast on Nov. 18 has died despite the Seaside Aquarium’s efforts to nurse the turtle back to health.The 60-pound Olive Ridley sea ...