sea turtle rescue
Oceanic reptile salvation
Sea turtle rescue is the organized effort to find, rehabilitate, and release injured or stranded sea turtles.
Rescue operations respond to turtles struck by boats, tangled in fishing gear, or weakened by cold water temperatures.
The term covers both the activity and the organizations that perform it: She volunteers at a sea turtle rescue on weekends, The sea turtle rescue released three recovered patients yesterday.
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- sea lifeOcean-dwelling organisms
- marineRelating to the sea
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
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- marine conservationbeach cleanup, oil spill cleanup, shark conservation, ocean cleanup, habitat restoration
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- aquariumdolphin, penguin, fish tank, ray, octopus
- marine educationmarine biology, marine science, oceanography, marine conservation, field trips
- ocean healthocean acidification, coral bleaching, marine pollution, overfishing, plastic pollution
- sea turtleshawksbill, loggerhead, leatherback, flatback, hatchlings
sea turtle rescueocean pollution
Harmful substances in seawater
coastal development · environmental degradation · ocean acidification
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