Turtles Freed Near Marco

Recently seven turtles were treated, for injuries related to fishing lines and hooks, at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi. After being treated, animals are usually release back to where the were originally found. This being impossible due to the carnage in the Gulf, they were brought to Ten Thousand Islands near Marco Island. With the turtles being Kemp Ridley's sea turtles the brackish waters and the ample food supply near the mangroves make it much easier for the turtles to adapt. Whether they stay and live a new life or find themselves drawn away, no one knows for certain.