Stranded 10/18/2014   Holly Leaf is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found washed up on the county beaches of South Padre Island. Her shell was covered in barnacles and she has a large hole in the side of her face. What caused her injury is unknown. She is currently in ICU where […]

Stranded 9/28/2014 Robbie is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found by visitors on the county beaches of SPI. He had no severe physical injuries but some small scrapes on his shell suggest that he may have been nibbled on by a predator. Additionally he has several large barnacles, including one that is

Stranded 10/6/2014 Caleb is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found on the South jetties of Isla Blanca Park. His neck and front left flipper were entangled in fishing line. There is a scar on his flipper from the entanglement. Luckily the wounds are not very severe and he should make a quick

Stranded 9/20/2014 Peaches is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. She was accidentally hooked by a fisherman at the Isla Blanca jetties. The fisherman noticed that she had a large wound on her head and called Sea Turtle, Inc. for help. Peaches had been hit by a boat and the propeller had left a deep

Stranded 8/17/2014 Al is a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle. He was found swimming near the Laguna Vista seawall by residents who live nearby. They noticed he was not moving his front left flipper and they called Sea Turtle, Inc. to investigate. Al has fishing line wrapped so tightly around his flipper that it swelled up

Stranded 4/27/2014 Kona was found stranded on the beach in a large pile of Sargassum. He had an odd discoloration on the tips of his flippers. Closer examination shows that he has a bacteria that is affecting the scales on his flippers. He is being quarantined in case the bacteria is contagious to other turtles.

Stranded April Enzo was found upside down in a large pile of Sargassum seaweed. He had no physical injuries. He is currently in ICU awaiting a blood test to determine if he is able to be released. Update: Enzo is eating well and has been cleared for release   Released 5/19/2014

Stranded 4/6/2014 Jesse James is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found stranded on Boca Chica Beach near the jetties. Jesse is missing a front left flipper, however, the injury is old and already healed. He has no previous tags which means he obtained this injury in the wild and it healed without

Stranded 1/13/2014 Osprey is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found floating in the shipping channel by crew on board an Osprey fishing trip. He showed no physical injuries but he was weak and very lethargic. He may have been affected by the recent spells of cold weather that affected South Padre Island

Stranded 12/28/2013 Cooper is a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. He stranded just north of County Access 6 on South Padre Island. He had no physical injuries but he was weak and emaciated. He had a thin layer of algae covering his shell and was missing a small chunk of his back left flipper, possibly