Stranded 9/01/2016   CJ is an Atlantic green juvenile found on Boca Chica by friends Charlie and Joe. CJ’s right flipper was entangled in fishing line. The good news is that this juvenile Atlantic green had no Fibropapilloma tumors and has recovered with his flipper intact. CJ is swimming in an outdoor rehabilitation tank  […]

Stranded 8/21/2016   Boerne is a beautiful Atlantic green juvenile. Tina & Michael Hollenbaugh, formerly from Boerne, saw him swimming off the jetties, distressed and entangled in fishing line. They called us after hours,  then jet skied out to pick him up and delivered him Dolphin Cove, where assistant curator Kat Lillie met them.  Boerne 

                              Stranded 8/8/2016   Bob is a sub-adult  Atlantic green sea turtle. Bob  was found in the bay near Holly Beach,  Laguna Vista. Bob had a commercial  longline hook embedded in his right flipper. The hook was removed and the wound is being treated. Bob is in ICU, eating very little. A laceration was discovered

 Stranded 7/8/2016   Carolina is a sub-adult  Atlantic green sea turtle. She was found by  Darren Spearman, Aaron Cook and Scott Meeks when they went on a fishing trip with Capt. Andy Davila. While reeling in dinner, they spotted a sea turtle tangled in a mass of cables struggling to keep her head above water

Stranded 6/05/2016   Brownie is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. His flipper was wrapped around fishing line, and there was a hook stuck near the injured flipper. It will take some time to determine if his flipper will heal. To read more about how humans endanger sea turtles, click here. Sadly…Brownie’s flipper had to

  Stranded 4/04/2016 Drifter is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was spotted and rescued by Captain Faustino and his friend Ysidro Garcia while fishing aboard Faustino’s boat The Drifter. Drifter was in great distress. He was deeply entangled in 15 lbs. of fishing line, rope and electrical cables. Drifter’s left flipper will be

Stranded 3/30/2016 Madi-Jax is a sub-adult female loggerhead. She was found by Sea Turtle, Inc. volunteers Tom and Nancy Barker who were fishing in the gulf about 15 miles north of STI. They named her after their two great grandchildren. Madi-Jax was covered with epibiota and parasites and was very non-responsive. She is being treated

Stranded 3/18/2016 Crunchy Waves is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found by a family fishing off the jetties in Isla Blanca Park and named by the two daughters, Mikayla and Peyton Dicker.  Crunchy Waves was entangled in in fishing line, requiring our vet tech, Brian Thurow, to dive in and save him. 

Stranded 02-14-2016 Harry is our Valentine. He was picked up on the beach, about 2.2 miles North of County Access 5, after we received a call from his namesake.  Harry is green juvenile, that was extremely emaciated. With proper medication and tender care Harry has quickly recovered his vitality,  but he is still covered with

Stranded 12/29/2015 Bobby is a juvenile Atlantic green sea turtle. He was found floating in the shipping channel, unable to dive. There were no obvious injuries but x-rays show that he may have a slight impaction.   January update: Bobby was impacted with organic material, which he has passed successfully. He is doing well and