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Hypothermic turtle revived after rescue from Bay of Fundy shore, shipped southScottie was given her name after she was found on Nov. 16 on a beach near Scots Bay and was hypothermic and semi-comatose from exposure to the cold and powerful currents.EnvironmentNov 24, 2023
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Stewie the endangered turtle saved after ‘baking in hot sun’ of Nova Scotia'This turtle was far away from its home in the ocean and was not going to survive the tidal waters,' the Stewiacke Volunteer Fire Department said.CanadaJul 30, 2021
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‘Cold-stunned,’ rare tropical sea turtle rescued off B.C. coastThe Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, which was suffering a form of hypothermia, is just the fourth to ever be recorded in B.C.EnvironmentOct 3, 2019
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Globe-trotting turtle remembered for deepening scientists’ understanding of leatherback biologyRed Rockette was first tagged off Nova Scotia in 2012, and since then her travels to and from a Colombia beach have offered scientists in both countries a previously unseen look into her species' movements and nesting patterns.CanadaSep 26, 2018
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Endangered leatherback sea turtle found frozen in Cape Breton lakeSea turtle biologist Mike James says there have been eyewitness accounts of leatherbacks in the Bras d'Or Lake chain in the past, but this recent find represents the first time a specimen has been positively identified in the area.EnvironmentFeb 15, 2018
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Sea turtle rescued after becoming tangled up in 26 bales of cocaineA U.S. Coast Guard anti-drug smuggling ship made a surprise discovery: a sea turtle, tangled up in $53 million worth of cocaine bales.WorldDec 20, 2017
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Rare sea turtle found in Wales, thousands of kilometres from its natural habitatAn extremely rare sea turtle has been discovered on a beach in North Wales, thousands of kilometres from its usual home – the coasts of Mexico and the southern United States.EnvironmentNov 14, 2016
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Vancouver Aquarium frees first-ever rehabilitated sea turtle in San DiegoThe sea turtle believed to be the first ever successfully rehabilitated in Canada is now swimming, free and healthy, in the warm waters off San Diego, Calif.EnvironmentOct 20, 2016
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Endangered green sea turtle to be releasedA green sea turtle rescued from British Columbia's frigid ocean this winter is on his way back to warmer waters.Apr 19, 2016
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Rehabilitated sea turtle in ‘Tour de Turtles’ to be tracked with satellitesA rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle that convalesced about four months at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released.EducationJul 17, 2015
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