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Article: Green sea turtles in peril
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- December 3, 1999
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Turtle clinic fundraiser
As a green sea turtle beached himself again and again on the North Shore, his rescuers noticed a large tumor covering half his mouth.
Veterinarians later successfully removed the four-pound tumor. The turtle, who his rescuers named Atlantis, was recently released on the North Shore to join his peers, many of whom are suffering from the same type of tumor.
"Tumors are killing them. Once it covers the eyes and mouth, it's a death sentence," said Marlu Oliphant-West, president of the nonprofit group Save the Sea Turtles International, which she founded in 1988.
In response to the growing number of sick turtles, Oliphant-West's group has begun raising money to create a ...