Sea turtle hatchlings released Saturday morning
Hundreds gathered at the Padre Island National Seashore Saturday morning for the release of 232 Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle hatchlings. Author: KIII Staff Updated: 6:15 PM CDT July 24, 2021
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Saturday a public release of the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle hatchlings took place for the first time in two years.
The pandemic shut down these public releases last year, Saturday park officials released 232 hatchlings in front of a crowd of hundreds at the Padre Island National Seashore.
The hatchlings were from six nests collected on June 7. Dr. Donna Shaver says having people at these public releases is important to their mission of saving this endangered species.
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Kemp s Ridley Sea Turtle hatchlings released at Padre Island National Seashore
The Padre Island National Seashore division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery released dozens of Kemp s Ridley Sea Turtle hatchlings Sunday morning. Author: KIII Staff Updated: 5:51 PM CDT July 11, 2021
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas The Padre Island National Seashore division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery released dozens of Kemp s Ridley Sea Turtle hatchlings into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday morning.
This was supposed to the park s first public release since the pandemic but had to call it off last week.
The group did provide some video of the hatchlings heading out on their adventures at sea.
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