Posts by Turtle Hospital

  Chance Arrival: September 29, 2013 Species: Green Weight: 70 lbs. Location: Key Largo Reason:  Found floating and unable to dive. The posterior end of[…]

  Arrival: February 17, 2005 Species: Kemp’s Ridley Weight: 78 lbs. Gender: Female BIO: Bender was hit by a boat resulting in “bubble butt syndrome,”[…]

” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Arrival: April 1, 1991 Species: Green Weight: 170 lbs. Gender: Male BIO: April came in with Fibropapilloma tumors covering both eyes.[…]

When Patti was rescued she was seen by residents on the ocean side of Card Sound Road, Key Largo. She was floating and the current[…]

  Sekoi Arrival: February 21, 2007 Species: Green Weight: 50 lbs. Location: Treasure Island Reason: Boat Strike & FP Gender: Female BIO: Sekoi was found off Treasure Island,[…]

Arrival: April 6, 2001 Species: Green Weight: 170 lbs Gender: Male BIO: The “poster child” for injured sea turtles, Montel has had everything happen to[…]

Arrival: 8/10/1991 Species: Loggerhead Weight: 230 lbs. Gender: Male  Boat strike, paralysis in rear flippers and tail. Weights attached to rear end of carapace offset[…]

  Arrival: 3/23/1989  Species: Green An adult male Green Sea Turtle. Boat hit caused the bubble butt syndrome for which he was named.     UPDATED: 2/25/16 Bubble[…]

After just over two months in rehabilitation, Leanna, an adult Hawksbill was returned to the wild. She was originally found off of Pumpkin Key in[…]

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A very special public turtle release Friday, August 15th at 1:00 pm Sombrero Beach Hi there! My name is Pine Tyme, and I’m an 80[…]

At 90 years old, a woman named Dorothy is one of our most amazing turtle rescuers to date. Dorothy was with friends and family on July[…]