Stranded 8/4/2013 Heather was found wedged between the rocks of the Mansfield Jetties. She had a heavy load of barnacles on her carapace (top of shell) and head. Additionally, she had severe scraped on her plastron (bottom shell) and flippers from being wedged. This turtle had previously been tagged with a special microchip (found under […]
Stranded 5/12/2013 Johnny Football was found by visitors in front of Clayton’s Beach Bar. He is a juvenile Loggerhead and it is very rare to get this size class of loggerhead on South Padre Island. He is missing a majority of both of his back flippers and a chunk of his shell. The injuries indicate
Stranded 6/20/2013 Lady Jack was found in the Laguna Madre by a group of fishermen. She had a large hook embedded in her lower beak. Her beak and face were heavily scarred and scabbed over from the hook rubbing against it. Her left front flipper was entangled in part of the rig attached to the
Stranded 6/16/2013 Ellie is an Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found by visitors at the mouth of South Bay. She was entangled in a discarded drift anchor. The line was wrapped around her front left flipper. She was bloated, lethargic and bleeding from the mouth. The flipper, unfortunately, had already lost blood flow
Stranded 4/17/2013 Clover was found floating at the mouth of the Arroyo Colorado. A good Samaritan with a boat pulled her out and called Sea Turtle, Inc. staff. Clover appears to have been struck by a boat and has a severe fracture in her carapace (top shell). Our Veterinarian placed zip tie ports with putty onto the shell. Ties are replaced
Stranded 3/29/2013 Becky is a post hatchling hawksbill sea turtle. She was found stranded just north of County Access 6 on South Padre Island. She was very skinny and had small, superficial wounds on her lateral (side) scutes. The turtle also had several small barnacles and tiny chunks missing from her back flippers. Becky shares
Stranded 4/10/2013 Avae was found by an island visitor right in front of the Tiki Hotel. She had no wounds or abnormalities but her shell was covered in algae. The turtle had washed up in a patch of sargassum and was so small that she narrowly missed getting stepped on by beach-goers! Avae is currently
Stranded 3/21/2013 Marson is a juvenile hawksbill sea turtle. was found floating in the shipping channel, unable to dive. A family on a dolphin watch crew found the turtle and called him into Sea Turtle, Inc. He was also missing chunks from his back flippers and covered in sand and algae. His reason for stranding
Stranded 2/17/2013 Jeter, a juvenile Kemp’s ridley, was found right off the channel at Isla Blanca Park. He was covered in algae and has an old injury on the left side of his carapace (top shell). Although Kemp’s ridleys nest on South Padre Island beaches, its is not typical to see juvenile Kemp’s ridley in our
Stranded 2/17/2013 Jasper is a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. He was found near the north pavilion of Isla Blanca Park. He had a small cut on his neck and was covered in barnacles and algae. Although Kemp’s ridleys nest on South Padre Island beaches, its is not typical to see juvenile Kemp’s ridley in
