2017 Sea Turtle Patients

STR-17-012: Sand This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Maryland on June 25th, 2018

STR-17-010: Kermitt This Kemp’s Ridley is our smallest sea turtle currently in need of care. It stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Maryland on June 25th, 2018

STR-17-018: Wolverine This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts the winter of 2017. Wolverine survived the initial hypothermia, but the shock to his body had drastic effects. Wolverine has fought hard to survive and is almost ready to return to the wild! Released healthy! March 2019

STR-17-015: Junior This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released healthy! Sept 2018

STR-17-013: Cayman This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Florida April 10, 2018.

STR-17-022: Kyle This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released healthy! March 2019

STR-17-007: Glacier This Kemp’s Ridley stranded in New Jersey. Glacier is on antibiotics and had stranded cold stunned. Glacier also has a fractured ulna and radius. Released healthy! Sept 2018

STR-17-016: Shellbie This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released healthy! Sept 2018

STR-17-023: Evan This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released healthy! March 2019

STR-17-020: Breaker This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Florida April 10, 2018.

STR-17-024: Soda Pop This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Georgia May 4, 2018.

STR-17-017: Skippy This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Florida April 10, 2018.

STR-17-009: Nutmeg This Green Sea Turtle stranded in New Jersey. Nutmeg had stranded cold stunned and is working to regain strength. Released in Florida April 10, 2018.

STR-17-006: Chester This Loggerhead has had a rough time with human interactions and had stranded cold stunned on 11/24/17. Chester shows evidence of a past/old entanglement around the torso. Chester also stranded with two puncture wounds on the lower mandible that extend inside the mouth. This wounds and the infection it caused is believed to

  STR-17-004: Tammie This adult female Loggerhead sea turtle was rescued by the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson. She has five propellar cuts across her carapace and has an infection. Tammie was named after the coast guard ship Tamoroa. STR removed 38lbs of barnacles and mussel off of her damaged carapace. She is now eating

    STR-17-001: Bailey This Loggerhead sea turtle was stranded in Virginia due to becoming cold stunned and enjoys eating capelin and herring while recovering. Released in Maryland Oct. 5th, 2017.

  STR-17-002: Stony This Loggerhead sea turtle has an old healed injury on its carapace from an unknown cause. Stony became cold stunned in Virginia. Currently Stony is struggling with a bad case of pneumonia. Released! Stony was released in St. Augustine, FL.

  STR-17-003: Humphrey This Loggerhead sea turtle is still a juvenile weighing in at 88lbs. Humphrey stranded because he became cold stunned in Virginia. Humphrey enjoys eating a lot of squid. RELEASED Aug. 8th! This is the first Loggerhead released by STR after rehabilitation and the first sea turtle released after long term care in

STR-17-014: Milo This sea turtle stranded due to becoming cold stunned in Massachusetts. Released in Maryland on June 25th, 2018