Gulf
World Marine Institute will release 5
sea turtles from St. George Island on Thursday.
Gulf
World is releasing the 5 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of
Mexico on Thursday morning at 11:30 am at the St. George Island State
Park.
The
cold stunned sea turtles are from a group of about 50 which were
rescued from a cold stun event in New England.
The
turtles have been in rehabilitation at Gulf World since December 9th.
They
were flown by private plane from New England Aquarium to Panama City
Beach.
Over
20 of the turtles have already been released, but this group of sea
turtles suffered from pneumonia and other complications due to
frostbite and were placed on antibiotics.
The
animals are now eating and diving normally and have been medically
cleared for release.
The
sea turtle release is open to the public so feel free to come out and
watch and take pictures or video.
Again,
the release will happen Thursday morning at 1130 so try to get out
their early .
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