A Massive Volunteer Network in Florida Works to Save Endangered Sea Turtles
Key takeaways
- The loggerhead sea turtle, Bowser, was brought to the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park’s CARE Center for rehabilitation on June 7 after being hooked on a fishing line.
- With each pull, a 172-pound male loggerhead sea turtle is hoisted higher into the air.
- The turtle, later named Bowser by medical staff, had gotten hooked by a fisherman near its front left flipper just after 6 p.m.
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With each pull, a 172-pound male loggerhead sea turtle is hoisted higher into the air. It takes several hoists to lift the turtle about 35 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, where Dexter and others are able to lift the netted animal over the railings of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
The turtle, later named Bowser by medical staff, had gotten hooked by a fisherman near its front left flipper just after 6 p.m. Sunday, and Dexter and other volunteers from the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center sprang into action.