Posts in Releases

  On Sunday, March 11, The Turtle Hospital released Taia, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, at Sombrero Beach. Taia was treated for a bacterial infection[…]

  Public Release Sunday, March 11,  at Noon Join The Turtle Hospital on Sunday, March 11, at Sombrero Beach (west end) for Taia’s release at[…]

  On March 1, The Turtle Hospital  released yet another rehabilitated sea turtle back into the wild. Rusty, a 43lb green sea turtle, arrived at[…]

A very happy day finally arrived for the Turtle Hospital and a sub-adult loggerhead who had  almost a three month stay with us! This loggerhead named Jersey was entangled[…]

It is with very mixed emotion that we report on the release of our Education Turtle, Scooter.  Scooter has been at The Turtle Hospital for three[…]

Gaby was rescued by a lobster boat captain on October 5 when he found her entangled in a lobster trap line.  This is a testament[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Lucas, a green sea turtle named after his rescuer Matthew Boucher’s son, was released on September 1 after being here at the hospital for over two[…]

Save-A-Turtle volunteers, President Rick Sall and his wife Lori, help release a green sea turtle named Captain Gene off of Turtle Hospital founder Richie Moretti’s[…]

When Joe was rescued in December 2009 when fishermen off of Saddlebunch Key found little 3-pound green turtle Joe struggling to swim. Upon rescue, they realized[…]

Sara was released at 11:00 a.m. from the beach at Veteran’s Memorial Park, at the southwest end of the iconic Seven Mile Bridge.  She was[…]