Residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center in a South Texas resort town.
“Every 15 minutes or less there’s another truck or SUV that pulls up,” South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Ed Caum told reporters on Wednesday.
Sometimes people bring one or two sea turtles, sometimes more, Caum said.
“We had trailers full yesterday coming in that had 80, 100, 50,” he said.
The center started pitching in on Monday when its neighbor, Sea Turtle