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Sea turtle rescue, rehabilitation and release

You might like getting choked - but sea turtles don't. In Sea Turtle Rescue, you play as a mother turtle chasing after her babies lost in a cave. Don't let your babies choke on trash. Known bugs: Camera sometimes phases through walls, and sprites may phase through walls as well due to movement/rotation. At Sea Turtle Inc., our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured sea turtles, educate the public, and assist with conservation efforts for all marine turtle species. Board of Directors. Our facility is open Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am – 4pm. Sea Turtle Rescue (STR) is an international effort that is solely dedicated to saving sea turtles from extinction. Our mission is to save the sea turtle species from extinction, one sea turtle at a time. STR accomplishes the goal through the following programs: Sea Turtle Nest Relocation and Egg Hatchery Program. Integrated Education Program.

Only about one to two out of every 1000 sea turtle hatchlings survive to maturity, and through our sea turtle rescue, rehabilitation and release programme we are working around the clock to increase this statistic and contribute to the recovery of sea turtle numbers worldwide.

We continue to improve on our treatment protocols and have achieved an incredible 85% release rate. The data collected has been written up in various post-graduate studies and publications, and our team continue to contribute to the growing global knowledge base of turtle rehabilitation and treatment plans.

There is nothing better than releasing healthy turtles back into the ocean, the highlight of every turtle rescue season and we celebrate each rescuer, all the rehabilitation support, and each turtle survivor.

Loggerhead and Leatherback sea turtles nest along the northern Kwa-Zulu Natal coast during summer months, and thousands of turtle hatchlings enter the warm and very fast flowing Agulhas current during January and February. Some of these hatchlings wash up on beaches in the Western Cape, usually very weak, dehydrated and very cold.

These baby turtles require tender loving care and often medical intervention, to save their lives, and that is exactly what we do at the rehabilitation facility, our turtle hospital.

Our turtle network coordinator ensures transport of these little patients to our hospital at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, and after a full medical assessment we initiate appropriate treatments. We often see hatchlings with physical injuries such as partial amputations of their flippers, plastic ingestion, respiratory tract infections, ear infections and hypothermia.

The hatchlings usually stay with us until after winter, so they have enough time to heal and grow a lot bigger and stronger before release, when it is summer again and the water nice and warm. Releasing healthy rehabilitated turtles back into the ocean is one of the most rewarding experiences ever.

We also get sub-adult and adult sea turtles washing up on our shore. These turtles usually suffer from extensive external physical injuries such as boat strikes or from ghost fishing gear, or they suffer from plastic ingestion. We have had Loggerhead, Green, Olive Ridley and Hawksbill sub-adult and adult turtles arrive at our turtle hospital.

They usually require much more intensive care, from MRI’s to dry-docking to surgeries and often spend months with us. During the final stages of their rehabilitation they get to enjoy the large volume of the I&J Ocean Exhibit at the Two Oceans Aquarium to strengthen their limbs and get them nice and fit for release. We have been satellite tagging most of the larger turtles and can confidently say that they adapt back to life in the ocean incredibly well. Following their post-rehabilitation journeys contributes to a global database of turtle movement in the ocean.

Rescuing turtles will not be possible without the support from many people and organisations along the coast. We have been able to develop a fantastic network from Lamberts bay all the way to Port Elizabeth and work very close with the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE), Shark Spotters, SANPARKS, The South African Shark Conservancy, Dyer Island Conservation Trust, Lower Breede River Conservancy, Cape Nature, Whale Coast Conservation, Bayworld and many others.

Turtle Rescue Network points act as drop off/collection points for stranded turtles from where we arrange logistics to get the rescued turtles to the turtle hospital. We salute our turtle rescuers.

For all of the Turtle Rescue Network points, download our TRN information poster.

Each year we head up the coast, to all our turtle network points, to meet with our support crew and inspire coastal communities to all become turtle rescuers and ocean ambassadors. In 2020 we reached more than 10 000 learners, from age 3 to Grade 12, through various interactive presentations, puppet shows and talks. We also took part in various beach clean-ups along the way and distributed sponsored story books to under-resourced schools.

This awareness campaign has informed and inspired many people resulting in more turtles being rescued.

There are 7 species of sea turtles throughout the entire world. Five of the seven are found in Florida: Green, Loggerhead, Leatherback, Hawksbill, and Kemp’s Ridley.

Green Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Chelonia mydas

Status: Endangered

Size: 3-5 feet long and weighs 200-500 lbs.

Diet: Primarily herbivore, eating mainly seagrass and algae

Range: Found worldwide, primarily in tropical seas.

Fun Fact: Their shells are not green as their name suggests. Because they eat so much sea grass and algae, their fat turns green.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Caretta caretta

Status: Threatened

Size: 2-4 feet long and weighs 200-350 lbs.

Diet: Hard-shelled invertebrates, primarily crabs, lobster, and conch

Range: Temperate and tropical seas, have been tracked migrating over 7,500 miles from nesting beaches in Japan to feeding grounds off the coast of Mexico

Fun Fact: Strongest jaw muscles of all the species, around 900 psi.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Dermochelys coriacea

Status: Critically Endangered

Size: 9-12 feet long and weighs up to 2,000 lbs.

Diet: Jellyfish

Range: Worldwide in all oceans, prefer deeper oceans. They can dive up to 4,000 feet to feed on jellyfish.

Fun Fact: Only sea turtle without a hard shell. Instead their shell is mainly cartilage with small pieces of bone, covered with their leathery skin. This allows them to withstand the pressures of deep diving.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Eretmochelys imbricata

Status: Critically Endangered

Size: 2-3 feet long and weighs 100-150 lbs.

Diet: Mainly sponges, sometimes small invertebrates

Range: Tropical seas, prefer to be near coral reefs where the sponges are located

Fun Fact: Harvested mainly for their shells, the traditional “tortoise-shell” pattern, used in jewelry, decorations, etc. Named for their bird-like beak.

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Lepidochelys kempii

Status: Critically Endangered. Rarest sea turtle

Size: 2-2½ feet long and weighs 75-100 lbs.

Diet: Crabs, lobster, fish, jellyfish

Range: Primarily Gulf of Mexico, occasionally in Atlantic and Caribbean

Fun Fact: Named after Richard Kemp. Unique nesting behavior called “arribada,” where they nest together in the middle of the day. In 1947, there were 42,000 turtles nesting during one of these arribadas. By 1978, there were only 500 nesting females.

The Olive Ridley and Flatback sea turtles are not found in Florida.

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Lepidochelys olivacea

Status: Endangered

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Size: 2-2½ feet long and weighs 75-100 lbs.

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Diet: Crabs, lobster, fish, jellyfish

Range: Mainly Pacific Ocean and lower Atlantic Ocean

Fun Fact: Named for the olive green color of their shell. They have the greatest number of scutes (shell scales) of any sea turtle.

Flatback Sea Turtle

Scientific Name: Natator depressus

Status: Unknown

Size: 3 feet long and weighs about 200 lbs.

Diet: Sea cucumbers, sea pens, soft corals, jellyfish

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Range: Found only around Australia

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Fun Fact: Named for the flatness of their shell.