Sombrero Resort & Marina
“When you are discontent,
you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when
you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh – yes – I already have
everything that I really need.” —Dalai Lama
Saturday I went to Sombrero
Beach to watch the Turtle Hospital in Marathon release Dorothy, a sub-adult
loggerhead sea turtle. Dorothy checked into the Turtle Hospital in July 2014. She
was spotted by a 90 something year old Marathon resident named Dorothy floating
at the surface near Sister’s Creek. She and family members helped rescue the
turtle and contacted the hospital. In return the turtle was named after her
rescuer. The turtle was treated at the Turtle Hospital for infection, high
glucose, and an impaction. The Turtle Hospital in Marathon is a fully
functioning veterinary hospital for sick and injured sea turtles. Their goals
are to rescue, rehab, and release sick and injured sea turtles, educate the public
through outreach events and local schools, conduct and assist with research
aiding sea turtles and work toward legislation making the beaches and water
safe and clean.
The hospital gives guided
educational tours of the hospital facilities and the sea turtle rehabilitation
area. It provides a presentation on sea turtles as well as a behind the scenes
look at the hospital facilities and rehabilitation area. The hospital has five
permanent resident turtles that cannot be returned to the wild, eight turtles that
are ready to be adopted by an accredited zoo or aquarium and twelve sea turtles
that are undergoing rehab at the moment. We haven’t made time to visit the
hospital yet, but we hope to get there before we leave.
The crowd waiting for Dorothy to arrive
Sea turtles in the sandDorothy
Miss Dorothy explaining how she found the turtle
Getting ready to release Dorothy
I wasn't able to get a good picture of the release, so I found this one on the Florida Keys & Key West Facebook site.
Great Post Susie!
ReplyDeleteGood job! It is great to have organisations like this looking after injured wildlife. :)
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