SeaWorld Orlando Caring for Rescued Juvenile Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

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Last night, SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team received an endangered, juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle that was found floating with its right flipper entangled in a small orange buoy and large amounts of seaweed.

The four-pound, juvenile sea turtle was rescued by the Sea Turtle Preservation Society (STPS) in Melbourne, Fla., who removed the entanglement and brought the sea turtle to SeaWorld Orlando for further care.   Upon its arrival at the park, the sea turtle received antibiotics and fluids.   Earlier today, the team took radiographs to further examine the sea turtle’s injured (and swollen) right flipper to determine if it sustained any bone injuries, which it didn’t.   The exam concluded that there were no bone injuries. The team is cautiously optimistic that with continued antibiotics and fluid therapy that the sea turtle will fully recover.

SeaWorld’s Animal Rescue and Veterinarian Team conducting radiographs on rescued endangered sea turtle to further examine swollen right flipper.
SeaWorld’s Animal Rescue and Veterinarian Team conducting radiographs on rescued endangered sea turtle to further examine swollen right flipper.

This is the fourth sea turtle that the SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue Team has helped rescue so far in the new year.  In collaboration with the government and other members of stranding networks, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment operates one of the world’s most respected programs to rescue ill and injured marine animals, with the goal to rehabilitate and return back to their natural environment. SeaWorld animal experts have helped more than 24,000 animals in need – ill, injured, orphaned and abandoned – for more than five decades.

To report someone disturbing a sea turtle nest or an injured, dead or harassed sea turtle call 888-404-3922 or dial  *FWC on a cellular device.

Learn more about our passion for conservation and animal welfare at SeaWorldCares.com.

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