At-risk turtles treated for hypothermia
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MARINE biologists have flown dozens of endangered sea turtles from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Galveston, Texas, for treatment of hypothermia.
The 50 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, a critically endangered species, were shocked by recent cold temperatures in the waters off New England in northeastern US and were rescued from the beaches of Cape Cod over the past few weeks, the Galveston County Daily News reported.
The group arrived on Friday at the Galveston Sea Turtle Facility run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There, the turtles will be slowly warmed to a safe temperature and treated for infections, frostbite and other health problems, program manager Ben Higgins said.
“They’re not in great shape,” he said.
Cold-stunned turtles don’t drown, but they do stop moving and eating. Eventually, they’re washed ashore where they often die. The beaching is an annual event, but more turtles have washed ashore this year than in previous years, Higgins said.
Since November 3, over 1,000 turtles have been beached in Massachusetts, more than half of them still alive when rescued. That has overwhelmed the resources of the New England Aquarium in Boston.
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