Adopt A Sea Turtle
The purchase of a sea turtle adoption helps us rehabilitate rescued sea turtles by providing funds to buy food and medicine. This in turn helps them heal and to return home. Adopt one for yourself or give one as a gift to someone you love. Adoptions are also great activities for school classrooms. Gift adoptions are shipped to your destination of choice along with a card acknowledging your generous gift.
Each adoption comes with a photo of your adopted turtle, an official Adoption Certificate, a species Information Card and other gifts. Please see below for a description of the different Adoption Levels.
March Adoption Specials
All Adoption packages will be shipped via USPS. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.
Questions? Email us at Adoptions@seaturtlehospital.org .
Each adoption comes with a photo of your adopted turtle, an official Adoption Certificate, a species Information Card and other gifts. Please see below for a description of the different Adoption Levels.
March Adoption Specials
- Get your green on just in time for St. Patrick's Day! Our March special features Green Sea Turtles. Adopt Canal at the $50 level and receive a cute 9" green plush sea turtle.
- For a limited time, we have two special Adoption Levels for Lennie and Snookie. The $75 Lennie Level comes with a 9" Lennie plush sea turtle. The $125 Lennie or Snookie Level comes with a medium-size (14") Lennie or Snookie plush turtle and a Sea Turtle Hospital baseball cap. Each comes with a unique photo.
All Adoption packages will be shipped via USPS. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.
Questions? Email us at Adoptions@seaturtlehospital.org .
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Who's Available For Adoption?
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Lennie
Lennie is an adult Kemp’s Ridley who was admitted on 10/18/2006. She was found between Topsail Island and Beaufort (NC) suffering from blunt force trauma to the skull resulting in permanent blindness. Her current weight is 64 lbs; she is between 17-19 years old. Lennie is a permanent resident. |
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Canal
Canal is a sub-adult Green turtle who was admitted on 9/05/2015. Canal was found by a fisherman in a canal near Ocean Isle NC. He had suffered a boat strike injury to his carapace. During rehabilitation, he began to have buoyancy issues that continue to this day. Canal is 8-11 years old and weighs about 18 lbs. |
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Myrtle
Myrtle is a sub-adult Loggerhead turtle who was admitted on July 9, 2019. A victim of a boat strike, Myrtle was left with a fractured right flipper, multiple carapace fractures, and several deep cuts. The carapace was stabilized with a series of brackets screwed into the carapace. Status Update: Myrtle's brackets were removed and she is no longer receiving daily treatments. Myrtle is now in Sea Turtle Bay where rehabilitation continues. |
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Snookie (only with Snookie Special)
Snookie is Loggerhead turtle admitted on 10/30/16. This very large (over three-hundred pound) turtle had stranded multiple times along the beach in Avalon, NJ until her rescue by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, N.J. The reasons for her stranding are unclear and she continues to have buoyancy issues. |
