Cold Stun events happen when the water gets too cold for sea turtles to maintain their body temperature. As a result, sea turtles are awake but unable to move or swim. If they aren’t rescued in time, they will drown from being unable to lift their head to draw breath

Once rescued from the water or shoreline, we bring cold-stunned patients back to our facility to slowly and safely increase their body temperature. When environmental conditions and water temperatures stabilize, we release the rescued patients back into the Gulf of Mexico.