Posts Tagged ‘saving turtle’

By Naples Daily News staff report marconews.com Posted July 8, 2010 SeaWorld Orlando set out from Calusa Island Marina in Goodland today to release five endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles – displaced by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – into the waters of Gullivan Bay, south of Marco Island. The area is […]

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9 July 2010 PORT ST. JOE, Fla. — Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach today, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered […]

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An oiled Kemp’s Ridley turtle is rescued from the gulf by a team of researchers. The endangered creature will be treated and taken to a safer habitat. Share on digg

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