Gulf World Marine Institute in Panama City received 30 more cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles on Monday from the New England Aquarium in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The sea turtles were flown by a private plane from Massachusetts to to Gulf World in Panama City Beach for rehabilitation.
This is in addition to the 39 they have received over the past few weeks.
So far this year the Gulf World Marine Institute has received 69 turtles from New England.
As reptiles, sea turtles can become cold- stunned when the temperatures in shallows bays and estuaries drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit which routinely starts to occur in late October to early November each year in the Northeast, or may happen for short times even in Florida during mid-winter.
Due to the large number of stranded turtles that are typically admitted for medical treatment to the New England Aquarium, they reach out to other members of the stranding network for assistance.
The strategy is to place as many animals as possible in facilities in the Southern US to relieve the
immediate response area and create vacancies for additional incoming sea turtles in New England.
Gulf World will continue rehabilitating these animals until they are well enough to be released.
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