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Jun 06

Lisa

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Rescued by SCDNR research vessel in SC waters Arrival Date: 06/06/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 30.9 kg (68 lb) Case History This 30.9 kg juvenile loggerhead was captured 6 June 2011 by the SCDNR's sea turtle trawl survey vessel, the RV Lady Lisa. The phsical exam…
May 31

Capers

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Offshore of Capers Island, SC Arrival Date: 05/31/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 42.9 kg (~95 lb) Case History This 42.9 kg loggerhead was captured by the SCDNR's sea turtle research trawl survey on 31 May 2011 near Capers Island. The vast majority of sea turtles caught,…
May 30

Beaufort

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Battery Creek in Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 05/30/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 45.6 kg (100 lb) Case History This 45.6 kg turtle was the last of three turtles (2 loggerheads and a diamondback terrapin) admitted to the Sea Turtle Hospital on Memorial Day. While the other…
May 27

Little River

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Little River, SC (Intracoastal Waterway) Arrival Date: 05/27/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 32 kg (~70 lb) Case History This 26.4 kg loggerhead was rescued from the Intracoastal Waterway near Little River, SC, and transported to the SCA's turtle hospital by SCDNR on 27 May 2011. Initial…
May 13

Grice

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Fort Johnson, James Island, SC Arrival Date: 05/13/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 30.0 kg (66 lb) Case History This 30.0 kg loggerhead was rescued from the water surrounding the SCDNR Fort Johnson Grice Marine Lab by two very determined SCDNR employees in kayaks. Initial rescue efforts…
Apr 28

Eugenia

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Kiawah Island, SC Arrival Date: 04/28/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 3.96 kg (8.7 lb) Case History This little green sea turtle (3.96 kg) was found on the beach 28 April 2011 near the Kiawah Island Inn. Joe Pezzullo of the Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol assisted in…
Apr 25

Jammer

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Isle of Palms, SC Arrival Date: 04/25/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 42 kg (~94 lb) Case History Rescued on Isle of Palms by long-time turtle ladies Mary Pringle and Bev Ballow, this severely emaciated loggerhead was brought to the SCA's Sea Turtle Hospital by SCDNR on…
Apr 15

Edwin S. Taylor

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Folly Beach Pier, SC Arrival Date: 04/15/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 1.78 kg (4 lb) Case History Caught on hook-and-line by a fisherman at Folly Beach's Edwin S. Taylor Pier, this little Kemp's ridley is the first live stranding of 2011 and is the second…
Dec 15

Frosty

green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Hilton Head, SC Arrival Date: 12/15/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.52 kg (12.2 lb) Case History This 4.52 kg green was found cold-stunned on the beach at Hilton Head, a unique event as we typically don't find cold-stunned sea turtles in South Carolina. Frosty was recovered…
Dec 13

Hyde

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Hyde County, NC Arrival Date: 12/13/2010 Age: juvenile Weight: 9.50 kg (~21 lb) Case History In an effort to help North Carolina facilities overwhelmed by a large number of cold-stunned sea turtles that stranded in early December, nine sea turtles were transferred to the…
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