Endangered sea turtles released back into ocean
BOSTON (AP) — Several sea turtles are basking safely in the warm Florida surf following a long stay in Massachusetts.
Biologists from the New England Aquarium have released 14 endangered and threatened sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida Monday. The animals spent the winter near Boston recovering from various illnesses.
The large Loggerhead and Kemp's-Ridley sea turtles stranded on Cape Cod beaches last November and December due to hypothermia in a failed attempt to migrate south. They suffered life-threatening medical conditions like pneumonia and starvation that required months of rehab at the aquarium's turtle hospital in Quincy, just south of Boston.