SEA TURTLE RELEASE AT THE LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER

Updated on October 8th, 2014

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Published in Events & Entertainment

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, located in Juno Beach, Florida, is a non-profit learning and ocean protection facility on the Atlantic Ocean. The center creates a home for live sea turtles and other coastal sea creatures that are in need of aid or relief. The staff and volunteers comfort the sea patient and provide endless and devoted care such as providing medical treatments and surgical services.

A sea turtle patient, Nelson, was successfully released today, Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Nelson was a Loggerhead turtle that was found in the Riviera Beach intake canal on December 7, 2013. The loggerhead turtle had fresh gashes and potential shark bite injuries that needed aid and healing. Nelson received fluids, antibiotics and was prescribed injections of iron to help heal him back to a healthy state.

A miraculous release of the successful rehabilitation of Nelson was held today at the Loggerhead Park. Nelson heads back home to the Atlantic Ocean as The Loggerhead Marinelife Center hosted and released this happy and healthy loggerhead turtle today in Palm Beach County, Florida.