The battle to change a tradition. More than 20 injured sea turtles will arrive in Florida from Boston a day late because of mechanical problems with the transport airplane. Nearly 25 sea turtles were expected to fly to Florida Friday, joining about three dozen others that have washed ashore on Cape Cod. 1999 Nesting totals for South Carolina coast. They have generously divided sales proceeds among the area turtle watch programs on Folly, Seabrook, Kiawah Islands.
Loggerhead takes dip in backyard pool.
A 250-pound loggerhead turtle has safely made it back to sea after it took an unexpected dip in a Port Royal Planatation backyard pool. She was huge. It took four South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officers nearly two hours early Wednesday to lift it out of the pool and carry it onto the beach, DNR spookesman Mike Creel. A local teacher in Murrells Inlet heard of the plans and phoned to let them know that sea turtles and other marine species mistakenly eat balloons. Ann Wilson, the naturalist at Myrtle Beach State Park, also sent the local chapter information on this issue.