Terry Carbonell, a pilot with Turtles Fly Too, is assisted by Jamie Gamby of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in releasing her first Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.
Sally Frakes, a pilot with Turtles Fly Too, walks a Kemp's ridley sea turtle to the ocean for release after being rehabilitated.
Provided photo/Sara Hertwig/Turtles Fly Too
Terry Carbonell, a pilot with Turtles Fly Too, is assisted by Jamie Gamby of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in releasing her first Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.
Provided photo/Sara Hertwig/Turtles Fly Too
Two Kemp's ridley sea turtles sit in banana boxes waiting for final approval to be released back into the ocean.
Nearly three dozen cold-stunned sea turtles are heading home after being released back to the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday on Jekyll Island with the help of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and several other East Coast organizations.
Members of all the organizations and the Jekyll Island Authority braved windy, rainy weather to see to it that all the turtles, 33 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and one green sea turtle, made their way safely back to warmer waters.
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