Overview
- Roughly two dozen young Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were collected from Cape Cod Bay after becoming cold-stunned during an arctic blast.
- Volunteer pilots with the conservation group LightHawk transported the turtles by plane from the New England Aquarium to South Florida.
- The Turtle Hospital in Marathon received a shipment that arrived in banana boxes for immediate treatment by staff.
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is rehabilitating 24 juvenile Kemp’s ridleys that lost mobility and stopped eating in the cold.
- Hospital experts say ectothermic sea turtles can be incapacitated when water dips below about 55°F, with a warning that the species faces severe long-term risk.