Stranded: 5-5-2017 Released: 06-13-2017   Q-tip is a 7.5 lb juvenile Atlantic green. Q-tip was found in the high tide line near the Isla Blanca Jetties here on South Padre Island. Q-tip has a shark bite wound that is visible on both the carapace and plastron! The shark bite is not fresh though, it was

Stranded 05-02-2017 Released: 06-13-2017 Lunchbox, a juvenile Atlantic green, stranded on 5/2/17 trapped in rocks at the jetties with loose fishing line wrapped around a front flipper. Lunchbox weighs in at 4.5 lbs and is sharing a tank with several other juvenile greens. The turtle is receiving laser therapy 3 times weekly to treat abrasions

Stranded 03-11-2017 Released 03-30-2017   Chance’s rescue was a bit dramatic! It started with a call from Boca Chica. Salvador Villareal and Hannah Solis found Chance wedged in the rocks of the jetties. Boca Chica, by car, is typically a 3 hour round trip drive. On a Spring Break Saturday???? Who knows!!! So…Chris Devlin, former

Stranded 03-06-2017 Released 4-28-2017 And they keep on coming. High winds and strong waves on Saturday, March 4, could account for these two little ones stranding in the Isla Blanca jetties, wedged between rocks. Both are stable, in good body condition, with typical rock scrapes on their plastrons. Both were started on a course of

Stranded 03-05-2017 Released 4/28/2017 And the little greens are still coming in! Jace, unlike most of his other “classmates”, was not found in the jetties, but  way up near the public beach entrance at access #21. Algae covered  more than 50% of his carapace, but no wounds were noted. Jace has a great body condition

Stranded 02/16/2017 Released 04/28/2017 Monika was found wedged in the rocks at the Isla Blanca jetties. She is currently being administered antibiotics, vitamins, and fluids. She was placed in the outdoor tank with the other FP-free little greens on 2/26. Monika is eating on her own and is receiving cold laser treatments to help heal

Stranded: 01/28/2017 Released: 03/30/2017   Pretty little Seaweed, a juvenile Atlantic green, weighs just under five pounds. She was found near the Mansfield jetties, about 28 miles north of the center, wedged in the rock crevices. She has some scratches and cuts on her plastron but is FP free. She should be in an outdoor

Stranded 01-08-2017 Released 03-30-2017   Barracuda is one of three cold stunned sea turtles that we could not release. She was found stranded on the beach in Barracuda Cove on Boca Chica Beach.  She is an Atlantic green, weighing in at 8.5 pounds. Barracuda is being treated with antibiotics, Vitamin B and fluids. Se is

Stranded: 12-13-2016 Released: 6-12-2017   Kenai is being closely monitored in our ICU. Kenai was found about 9 miles north of our center on December 13th, 2016 by Mica nad Hazel, visiting from Kenai, Alaska. One of Kenai;s lungs is smaller than the other, which is likely a congenital defect. Upon arrival to our facility,

Stranded 12-07-2016 Released 05-15-2017   Harbor, named for the infamous Pearl Harbor day, is a 30 pound Atlantic green. Harbor, like Nancy above, also stranded as a result of fishing line entanglement. He was pulled in by fishermen at the Isla Blanca jetties. Harbor’s plastron had a heavy amount of barnacles, and he too has