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Help Cold-Stunned Turtles!
With the coming of winter and colder water temperatures, sea turtles in North Carolina and all along the mid-Atlantic and Northeast US, turtles are beginning to strand from "cold stunning," a severe form of hypothermia. Here at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, we stand ready to help.
We recently admitted 13 cold stunned Kemp's ridley turtles that stranded on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All were rescued by the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, were triaged at the New England Aquarium, and were flown to North Carolina by Turtles Fly Too, a nonprofit organization consisting of volunteer pilots who help transport sea turtles and other animals. Veterinarians at the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City examined the turtles after their flight. We picked up the turtles and brought them to KBSTRRC for ongoing rehabilitation.
Even as we are caring for these turtles, we are preparing to admit cold stunned turtles from North Carolina. We've had as many as 109 on site at once! We are setting up rooms to gradually warm the turtles, stocking up on food and medical supplies, and ensuring we have the antibiotics we'll need to care for the turtles.
You can help! Donate today!
We recently admitted 13 cold stunned Kemp's ridley turtles that stranded on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All were rescued by the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, were triaged at the New England Aquarium, and were flown to North Carolina by Turtles Fly Too, a nonprofit organization consisting of volunteer pilots who help transport sea turtles and other animals. Veterinarians at the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City examined the turtles after their flight. We picked up the turtles and brought them to KBSTRRC for ongoing rehabilitation.
Even as we are caring for these turtles, we are preparing to admit cold stunned turtles from North Carolina. We've had as many as 109 on site at once! We are setting up rooms to gradually warm the turtles, stocking up on food and medical supplies, and ensuring we have the antibiotics we'll need to care for the turtles.
You can help! Donate today!
Piper, a juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle
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This conservation work for protected sea turtles at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and on Topsail Island
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