By WXTK News
Dec 18, 2020
Over 900 stranded sea turtles have been saved from Cape beaches in just the last six weeks.
A couple hundred turtles will come ashore in a typical year, but this year, 720 turtles have received care between the New England Aquarium s animal care center in Quincy and the National Marine Life center in Buzzards Bay since Thanksgiving.
That breaks the all-time record for turtles cared for between the two facilities set in 2014.
These turtles get trapped in Cape Cod Bay as waters north of the bay cool in the fall and it becomes impossible for these cold-blooded animals to swim around Race Point and head south for warmer waters.
WELLFLEET – Quietly, the numbers of stranded turtles this year have piled up, with over 900 plucked off Cape beaches over the past six weeks.
While a typical year might see a couple of hundred of these tropical turtles coming ashore after Thanksgiving, 720 turtles have received veterinary care between the New England Aquarium’s Animal Care Center in Quincy and the National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay. That s more than the all-time record of 692 turtles admitted for care between the two facilities in 2014.
Volunteers trained by the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary walk Cape beaches every day in conditions that favor turtle strandings. Loggerheads, Kemp’s ridley and green turtles become trapped in Cape Cod Bay in the fall as the waters north of the bay cool, making it impossible for these cold-blooded animals to swim around Race Point and head south to warmer waters.
By WXTK News
Dec 18, 2020
Over 900 stranded sea turtles have been saved from Cape beaches in just the last six weeks.
A couple hundred turtles will come ashore in a typical year, but this year, 720 turtles have received care between the New England Aquarium s animal care center in Quincy and the National Marine Life center in Buzzards Bay since Thanksgiving.
That breaks the all-time record for turtles cared for between the two facilities set in 2014.
These turtles get trapped in Cape Cod Bay as waters north of the bay cool in the fall and it becomes impossible for these cold-blooded animals to swim around Race Point and head south for warmer waters.
WELLFLEET Quietly, the numbers of stranded turtles this year have piled up, with over 900 plucked off Cape beaches over the past six weeks.
While a typical year might see a couple of hundred of these tropical turtles coming ashore after Thanksgiving, 720 turtles have received veterinary care between the New England Aquarium’s Animal Care Center in Quincy and the National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay. That s more than the all-time record of 692 turtles admitted for care between the two facilities in 2014.
Volunteers trained by the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary walk Cape beaches every day in conditions that favor turtle strandings. Loggerheads, Kemp’s ridley and green turtles become trapped in Cape Cod Bay in the fall as the waters north of the bay cool, making it impossible for these cold-blooded animals to swim around Race Point and head south to warmer waters.
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