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The Bolles School Rocks for Turtles!!!

The Bolles School Department of Fine and Performing Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, collected donations for The Turtle Hospital when they put on their spring dance concert. […]

Welcome New Members!

We would like to welcome our newest members that joined our family during the month of October: Ruthanne Bishop, Craigie Succop, Michael Bentle, Eral H.[…]

Thank You October Donors

Thank you to all of you who donated during the month of October including: Kelly Coral, Erik Zimmerman, Bryn Flanigan, The Schwab Fund For Charitable[…]

Karsten Released October 25!

Karsten was released off of Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Florida Keys and quickly swam away.  Pictured below in blue shirts are Mike Puto and Turtle Hospital[…]

Tini… a.k.a. ‘Shark Bait’

Tini came to us on Oct 14 from St. Lucie Inlet State Park, in Martin County, Florida.  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff had to drive Tini[…]

Cowboy

Around noon on October 13, we received a call from Captain Brian Stoner and Captain Rich Schaf of the Keys Cowboy Fishing Charter about a[…]

Pup

On September 3, Tim Hannah was out lobster hunting off Grassy Key and saw little Pup hanging out under a coral ledge. He thought it[…]

Lucky Goes Home – Rebel Misses Him

The story of Lucky, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle that had been at The Turtle Hospital for two years and deemed unreleasable, is a lesson in[…]

Gaby

FWC Officer Knight called The Turtle Hospital’s emergency hotline October 5 after receiving a call from a boat captain that had found a sea turtle entangled on[…]

Cold Laser Physical Therapy

Dr. Gerry Diethelm came in this week to provide critical care patient Izzy with cold light physical therapy. This low-level laser uses light-emitting diodes to[…]

Wing Eating Contest at Cabana’s

Mid-May marks Cabana Breezes yearly Chicken Wing Eating fundraiser/contest for The Turtle Hospital. Groups of four gathered to chow down on plain burgers, dry wings,[…]

Thank You September Donors

Thank you to all of you who donated during the month of September including: Erik Zimmerman, Frank Kohout, Chris Burnett, Lauren Limauro, Leigh Buckner, Andrea[…]