Endangered sea turtles don’t normally stay at the facility forever; sometimes it could be a matter of days before they are better but it can take years before they reach their peek potential and are considered normal again.
The mission of the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital is to heal the creatures and place them back into their natural state, living in the ocean. The staff does not focus their treatment to make them dependent upon human hands for food or survival. Our goal is to return them to the sea.