Posts Tagged: Charleston

Jun 21

McClellan

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge, SC Arrival Date: 06/21/2011 Age: adult Weight: 103.2 kg (~228 lb) Case History This 103 kg adult female loggerhead was found entangled in a rope from a discarded crab trap just off South Carolina's densest sea turtle nesting beach, Cape Romain…
Jun 12

Hamlin Creek

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hamlin Creek, Isle of Palms, SC Arrival Date: 06/12/2011 Age: juvenile Weight: 33 kg (~73 lb) Case History This has been our busiest stranding season on record! This 27.44 kg (61 lb) loggerhead is the 14th sea turtle we've admitted in 2011. SCDNR transported Hamlin,…
Jun 09

Bennett

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: R/V Lady Lisa offshore South Carolina Arrival Date: 06/09/2011 Age: adult Weight: 34.6 kg Case History Bennett is the first adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle we’ve ever admitted into our hospital! She is also the third sea turtle captured by the SCDNR research…
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…
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