SeaWorld Orlando Returns 14 Sea Turtles to Atlantic
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TITUSVILLE, Florida -- 14 sea turtles -- 11 Kemps Ridley and three loggerheads -- were returned to the Atlantic Ocean off Canaveral
National Seashore just east of Titusville this morning after rehabilitating at SeaWorld Orlando for several months.
These
sea turtles were brought to SeaWorld Orlando last December by a
U.S. Coast Guard Airplane after being
rescued just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts due to symptoms they
suffered from cold stress.
After being medically cleared for today’s
return, the park’s Animal Rescue Team transported the 14 turtles to the Brevard County beach.
The Kemps Ridley sea turtles ranged in length from 9-13 inches and weighed between 5-13 pounds while the loggerhead
sea turtles were about 2-feet long and weighed between 65-85 pounds.
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In
collaboration with the government and other members of accredited
stranding networks, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment operates one of
the world’s most respected programs
to rescue ill and injured marine animals, with the goal to rehabilitate
and return to the waters. SeaWorld animal experts have helped more than
22,000 animals in need - ill, injured, orphaned and abandoned - for
more than four decades.
So far this year, SeaWorld
Orlando has rescued nine turtles and returned 20.
If you see injured sea turtles, you can help by calling the FWC hotline at 1(888) 404-3922 or by dialing *FWC on
a cellular device.
Image and Video Credit: SeaWorld Orlando
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