PARIS: Six sea turtles were released by the South Carolina Aquarium Thursday after undergoing rehabilitation at the aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital.
There was one green sea turtle and five Kemp’s ridley turtles in the bunch, each one returning to the Atlantic on the Isle of Palms. The first public turtle release for the aquarium this season, it brings the total number of endangered and threatened sea turtles treated and released at the SC Aquarium since it was opened 15 years ago to 163. In March, a rare endangered leatherback sea turtle weighing 475 pounds was stranded along the coast of South Carolina. It has recuperated and was released on the Isle of Palms as well.
Bailey was the largest of its kind to be ever brought to the SC Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rescue Program. The green sea turtle was admitted after being discovered in distress and floating near Bailey Island, emaciated and suffering from injuries sustained in a boat strike and due to fibropappilomatosis, a condition resulting into tumors caused by a herpes virus.
Since then, Bailey has recovered from a damaged left eye and having a portion of its upper jaw sheared off, as well as the disease after receiving antibiotics, vitamins, pain medication, fluids and surgery for tumor removal. The green sea turtle stayed nearly a year at the aquarium but was released after no signs of tumor regrowth were discovered.
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