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Article: COLD-STUNNED SEA TURTLES RETURN TO WILD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 26, 2007
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife issued the following news release:
About 90 green sea turtles that washed up on South Texas beaches stunned by cold weather in January were transported Feb. 20-21 by truck from fish hatchery and aquarium facilities in Corpus Christi to the Port Isabel area and released back into the wild in the Lower Laguna Madre.
On Jan. 23, about 50 sea turtles arrived at the CCA/CPL Marine Development Center fish hatchery operated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Flour Bluff just outside Corpus Christi on the way to Padre Island. The following day, about 40 more turtles were taken to the Texas State Aquarium near downtown Corpus Christi.
A sudden drop in water ...