In accordance with State Health Department regulations, all swimsuits must be covered. Features an interactive Exhibit Gallery and Rehabilitation Pavilion open to the public. The current prices are: Adults (13-62) $10.60, Seniors(62+) $9.54, Children(4-12) $8.48, and Children under 3 years old are free. Visitors under 16 years old must be accompanied by someone 18 years or older. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center is a functioning hospital for ill and injured sea turtles and is the only hospital of its kind in the state of Georgia. Glimpse into the hospital where sea turtles are treated, see our turtle patients in the rehabilitation pavilion, and learn how our research is helping sea turtles in Georgia and throughout the world! Hours: Monday-Sunday (9:00am-5:00pm) Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day (Closed) Admission proceeds help to offset operational costs, including the rehabilitation of the sea turtles. Explore the lives of sea turtles and other native animals through daily education programs and gallery exhibits. Does the seal have any obvious injuries, gunky eyes, or look skinny or underweight? If so, please take notes on its location, size, coloring, and behavior and call the appropriate marine animal rescue team.The Georgia Sea Turtle Center-Georgia's first sea turtle rehabilitation, research, and education facility-provides state-of-the-art emergency care to sick and injured sea turtles. In fact, most seals on the beach are perfectly healthy, but sometimes they do need human assistance. Most seals come onto beaches to sleep, nurse, or soak up some sun.
Unlike whales or dolphins, seals are semi-aquatic and are comfortable out of the water. Most seals that are found on beaches are quite healthy. Whales, Dolphins, or PorpoisesĪ beached whale, dolphin, or porpoise should be reported immediately (see below) and left alone pending further instruction. Please see below for information and numbers to call if you find a distressed mammal on the beach.
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How to Help Other Stranded Animals The New England Aquarium only responds to distressed sea turtles. For sea turtles found along the South Shore, Cape Cod, and the Islands, please call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 50 圆104. LEARN MORE OUR GOALS 1) Rescue, rehab, and release sick and injured sea turtles. The old motel rooms serve as living quarters for our rehab staff and storage. Simons Island Sea Turtle Project is a volunteer group dedicated to protecting GA's turtles. Please try to remain calm and leave your name and a phone number where you can be reached. On the grounds of the old Hidden Harbor Motel, the Turtle Hospital can rehabilitate multiple sea turtles of varying sizes and illnesses/trauma. For sea turtles found on beaches from Boston north through New Hampshire, call the New England Aquarium’s 24-hour Sea Turtle Rescue Hotline at 61. Sea turtles in our region do not typically come ashore unless they are seriously debilitated. Most of the sea turtles that arrive alive at the Aquarium recover and are released back into the ocean. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Islannd is a beautiful facility that works to rescue, rehabilitate and provide education about the five species of. Their treatment can last between two and eight months, sometimes longer. While 2014 was a record-smashing year when 733 turtles were treated at the Animal Care Center in Quincy, on average we treat about 300 turtles each year.
The turtles are transported to the rescuers and veterinarians at the New England Aquarium with extreme hypothermia, severe dehydration, pneumonia, and often shell or bone fractures. These numbers are especially significant considering the Kemp’s ridley is the most endangered sea turtle in the world.Įach fall, staff and volunteer walkers from the Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary comb dozens of miles of beach trying to find stranded sea turtles. In the past decade alone, our rescuers have treated and released hundreds of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles as well as many green and loggerhead sea turtles. Our rescuers rehabilitate endangered sea turtles. If you encounter a sea turtle in distress on the beach within this territory, please call our Sea Turtle Rescue Hotline at 61.
Our response area ranges from Boston north to the New Hampshire-Maine border. The New England Aquarium responds to calls about distressed sea turtles.
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