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Texas Cold-Stun Of 2021 Was Largest Sea Turtle Rescue In History, Scientists Say
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Texas Cold-Stun Of 2021 Was Largest Sea Turtle Rescue In History, Scientists Say
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March 3, 2021
As the heart of South Padre Island’s meeting and event business, the South Padre Island Convention Center is accustomed to hosting an array of year-round corporate and consumer events. These range from fishing tournaments to quilt shows to college basketball tournaments.
Tourists and event groups alike are drawn to the island for obvious reasons. Situated on the coastal tip of Texas, along the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the barrier island destination boasts 34 miles of white sand beaches, clear emerald waters and 300 days of sunshine per year.
But during the recent polar vortex that slammed the Lone Star State with record freezing temperatures that proved too much for the state’s power grid to handle, the facility was converted into a temporary rescue sanctuary for 5,300 endangered sea turtles.
Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze
John Flesher And Jamie Stengle
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Diana Foss, Texas Parks and Wildlife Urban Wildlife Biologist attempts to find any surviving Mexican Free-tailed bats in a pile of dead bats at Waugh Drive in Buffalo Bayou Park, where it was impacted by the winter storm Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Houston. Foss, said that the winter bat colony is about 100,000. She said they were able to find about 20 bats that have fallen from the bridge that were still alive and they are attempting to save. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP) (KPRC)
(AP) – As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbors who had no heat or water during the vicious February storm and deep freeze, Kate Rugroden provided a refuge for shell-shocked bats.
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