by Christian.Legner | Jul 19, 2013 | Augie, N.E.S.T. Rehab Residents, Rehab Center, Vortex
Meet our newest patient – Augie the green sea turtle! CM-EFC-130707-01 was found near Beaufort Inlet by some concerned boaters. The group acted quickly and flagged down the US Coast Guard to transport the turtle to safety. Augie has an open fracture of the...
by Christian.Legner | Jun 27, 2013 | CC-PKD-121123-01, Charlie, Cluse, Hernando, N.E.S.T. Rehab Residents, Vortex
Time to check in on our four patients! Hernando (LK-KLC-120924-01) has been cleared for release! After many months of rehabilitation, Hernando has passed all the tests – swimming, diving, weight gain, finding food on the bottom of the tank, and catching live...
by Christian.Legner | Jun 19, 2013 | Vortex
Wildlife rehabilitators often rely on the kindness of the community to reach their goals. A wonderful example of this occured yesterday. Vortex the sea turtle needed a CT scan to further evaluate the head wound. Normally we would travel to the NC State University...
by Christian.Legner | Jun 18, 2013 | Rehab Center
Monday evening, a quiet ceremony marked the beginning of an exciting new time for our sea turtle rehabilitation center. We broke ground on a new facility! To be called the STAR Center (Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation), the larger rehab will continue to be a...
by Christian.Legner | Jun 11, 2013 | CC-PKD-121123-01, Charlie, Cluse, Hernando, N.E.S.T. Rehab Residents, Rehab Center
Monday morning was a great morning! Staff arrived to find Charlie sleeping fully submerged in her new tank. This didn’t last long, however, and she woke up when the lights came on and got started on her daily exercise. Cluse was also found resting underwater...
