Posts by Turtle Hospital

Six turtles underwent surgery yesterday at The Turtle Hospital. The raucous menagerie included four juvenile Green sea turtles, an adult Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, and[…]

Reports of sick or injured sea turtles come in to the FWC and Turtle Hospital from a variety of different channels. One of the most[…]

Doctor Gerry Diethelm and Intern Jaclyn Thomas donated their time off from the Marathon Veterinary Hospital to perform surgery at The Turtle Hospital. Rosie, a[…]

The last two weeks have been very tough for sea turtles in the Keys. The Turtle Hospital in Marathon has admitted 19 turtles in this[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found on shore near Cape Canaveral. The small turtle has a number of external fibropapilloma tumors and is very[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found near Plantation Key Colony in Tavernier. The small turtle had been hit by a boat prop which caused[…]

On Feb 12, 2009, the US Coast Guard Marathon Station provided boat transport and assistance, twice, to help rescue sea turtles. A boater found a[…]

An employee at the La Siesta Resort on Upper Matecumbe Key found a floating Loggerhead less than a mile offshore. With some difficulty, Heidi (the[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found washed up on the beach just south of Sebastion inlet. The small turtle had a prop wound to[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was rescued by personnel at the St. Lucie Power Plant on Hutchinson Island. The turtle was found in an intake[…]

A sub adult Green Sea Turtle was found on the beach at Island Club Beach in St Lucie. There is old damage to the carapce[…]

Lower Matecumbe Key resident Bob Jones was out doing some cold weather fishing in Florida Bay and found a sea turtle that was entangled in[…]