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Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Sea turtle rehab center closes at Gumbo Limbo
BOCA RATON — The Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center has been closed, the nonprofit operating the turtle hospital announced Friday. The Coastal Stewards said in a news release it was closing the center for financial reasons. 'Like many environmental nonprofits, The Coastal Stewards has faced increasing difficulty securing consistent and sustainable funding,' said Shivani Gupta, Board of Trustee member at The Coastal Stewards, in a prepared statement. 'This difficult decision allows us to reallocate resources and focus on our long-standing commitment to marine conservation education and empowering the next generation of ocean advocates.' The gift shop at the center also has been closed, Coastal Stewards said. The 13 sea turtle patients currently being treated at Gumbo Limbo are receiving veterinary care and will be transferred to other licensed sea turtle rehabilitation facilities when they become available, the nonprofit said, adding that it is working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission during this process. The three resident sea turtles in tanks at the Gumbo Limbo center remain on view for the public, Coastal Stewards said. The center is operated by the city of Boca Raton. In a statement on its website announcing the closure of the rehab facility, the city said the center "remains fully open and active. The Center will continue its conservation and education efforts, including its sea turtle nesting and hatchling programs, youth camps, community education and other popular visitor attractions." The city said it is "open to exploring partnerships with other qualified nonprofit organizations that may be interested in continuing sea turtle rehabilitation on-site and will determine the best use of the gift shop space." This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Sea turtle rehab center at Boca's Gumbo Limbo closes
CBC
05-06-2025
- General
- CBC
Vets find surprise while trying to save endangered turtle hit by boat
Turns out Pennywise the sea turtle was carrying eggs A group of conservationists has reason to celebrate after rescuing an endangered sea turtle and finding out they may have saved even more turtles in the process. On May 19, conservationists from Inwater Research Group found a floating loggerhead sea turtle off Florida's Atlantic coast with significant blunt force trauma to her shell. The conservationists took the turtle to veterinarians at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida, where they began treating the reptile. Loggerhead Marine Centre is a non-profit conservation organization. The vets suspected the turtle — which they named Pennywise — was hit by a boat. Unfortunately, they hit a snag. To assess the extent of Pennywise's injuries, they wanted to put her into a computed tomography (CT) scanner, which uses X-rays to help health-care workers take photos of the inside of her body. WATCH — Female sea turtles are outnumbering males in Florida But at 137 kilograms (302 pounds), Pennywise was too big for their machine. The veterinary team took her to a nearby hospital to see if she could fit inside a CT machine meant for humans, but she was too big for that as well. Next, they took her to a horse hospital to use its CT machine and — thankfully — Pennywise fit. The imaging showed some damage to bones that surround the spinal cord. The vets put the turtle on special antibiotics to help her heal. 'Luckily, right now, her neurologic exam shows that all those nerves are intact. And that is a great sign for her,' Heather Barron, the chief science officer and veterinarian at Loggerhead, told The Associated Press. But the results from the CT scan weren't all bad. Turns out Pennywise is carrying eggs. 'We hope we'll be able to get her back out there into the wild as soon as possible so that she can lay those eggs,' Barron said. The centre will continue to monitor Pennywise to make sure her injuries don't get worse, Barron said, and as soon as her wounds are healed enough, they'll put her back into the wild.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Injured Sea Turtle Reveals Secret In CT Scan
After being hit by a boat in Saint. Lucie, Florida, a loggerhead sea turtle was brought to Loggerhead Marinelife Center to recover. There, a veterinary team attempted to give her a CT scan to assess her injuries. That's when they discovered her secret. Keywords: sea turtle, florida, injured animal, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, saint lucie, june beach, boat, boating,
