Posts by Turtle Hospital

This juvenile Hawksbill sea turtle was found entangled in plastic debris on July 27, 2004. As a result, Hawkeye’s left rear flipper was amputated. Hawkeye[…]

This sub-adult Loggerhead sea turtle was found floating near Key Largo on Memorial Day weekend 2004. Jersey Girl had a severe liver and pancreas infection.[…]

RELEASED: Trek was released February 20, 2005, several miles offshore of Marathon, Florida.

RELEASED: Tommy was released February 20, 2005 several miles offshore of Marathon, Florida.

Prop, a juvenile Green sea turtle, was injured by a boat which struck his head and sliced his shell on May 26, 2004. The treatment[…]

Hope is a sub-adult Hawksbill sea turtle who arrived at the hospital on May 2, 2004. Hope was found floating in the Florida Bay. She[…]

Moses, a sub-adult Loggerhead sea turtle had been floating under the seven mile bridge when fishermen spotted her on June 22, 2004. Moses’ left front[…]

This turtle was freed from a shrimp net by Border Patrol agents between North Key Largo and the Florida Mainland on October 10, 2004. Green[…]

Puli is a Green sea turtle who arrived at the Turtle Hospital on February 22, 2002 for fibropapilloma surgery. Puli underwent her final surgery to[…]

Penny is a Loggerhead sea turtle who came to us on December 29, 2003 from John Pennacamp State Park in Key Largo.  Penny came in[…]

This Loggerhead sea turtle was found floating in a canal in North Key Largo on January 1, 2004. Unable to dive, Cary had not eaten[…]

Randy Rudy, a Hawksbill Sea Turtle, was rescued and brought to the Hospital after a shark attack on May 16, 2004. An emergency response boat[…]