TOPSAIL  ISLAND,  NORTH CAROLINA

QUINTUPLE, THREE SPECIES, SEA TURTLE  RELEASE
JUNE 23, 1999

Executive Director Jean Beasley
Released Today
Kitty - Loggerhead
Huntington - Loggerhead
Drum - Green
Topper - Loggerhead
Reef - Kemp's Ridley

 


Reporter gets early tour
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While Staff  sees to the details
Turtle transports ready
The Town of Topsail Beach
lends a hand with Topper
Well-wishers wait on the beach
and National Geographic Photographer

Bruce Avera Hunter waits in the water

Kitty catches a wave after 2 years

Huntington crawls to freedom

Drum: Fastest sea turtle on land

Reef hails a ride to the surf
Topper after wrong turn in March

 
 
 
 
 
   
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