The South Carolina Aquarium is celebrating World Turtle Day® on Saturday, May 21 from 10-2 pm! The annual observance was established by the American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), a nonprofit organization established in 1990 for the protection of all tortoise and turtle species. World Turtle Day® aims to celebrate and protect…
May
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May
04
Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 04/30/2016 Weight: 2.1 kg (~5 lb.) Case History The fourth juvenile green turtle to be admitted into our sea turtle hospital in April 2016 was lucky enough to be rescued by Trae Wright, a Charleston-based firefighter and paramedic on vacation…
May
04
Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach State Park Arrival Date: April 27, 2016 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.7 kg (6 pounds) Case History The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) received a call Tuesday afternoon that a minimally responsive sea turtle had washed up on the beach in Myrtle…
Apr
22
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor shipping channel, SC Arrival Date: 4/20/2016 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.67 kg (8 lbs.) Case History Hopper dredges like the Glenn Edwards, which suction up sediment in order to deepen shipping channels, are responsible for the incidental capture and fatalities of numerous sea…
Apr
22
Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor shipping channel, SC Arrival Date: April 18, 2016 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.73 kg (6 lbs.) Case History This juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle was pulled into one of the largest suction hopper dredges in the nation, the Glenn Edwards. The dredge operation…
Apr
13
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Found in the surf at Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 04/06/2016 Age: Juvenile Weight: 31.8 kg (~70 lbs.) Case History At approximately 6 pm on Thursday evening, a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle was seen listing in the surf in Garden City near the Moonfish beach…
Apr
13
Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 04/09/2016 Weight: 2.99 kg (6.5 lb.) Case History A group of young girls biking the shores of Forest Beach on Hilton Head Island came across this little turtle lying on the beach. Since the turtle made no attempt to…
Mar
17
Staff with the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program (STRP) are thrilled about expanding our conservation partnership with the Turtle Survival Alliance, an international organization dedicated to preventing extinction of the world’s most critically endangered turtle and tortoise species. Many of the species aided by TSA are nearly extinct in…
Feb
08
Young Briged Potter has become a valuable supporter and fundraiser for our Sea Turtle Rescue Program. She began by asking for donations to the Sea Turtle Hospital instead of gifts for her birthday and collecting vital wish-list items for hospital staff. Recently, she set up a table at Boone Hall…
Feb
01
Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Awendaw, SC Arrival Date: 1/25/2016 Age: juvenilev Weight: 2.52 kg (5.5 lb.) Case History This small juvenile green sea turtle was found floating and minimally responsive in the Intracoastal Waterway in Awendaw, SC. Fortunately for this little turtle s/he was lucky enough to strand right…
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