Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Archives

Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Assists Turtle Suffering from Viral Disease Fibropapillomatosis

December 22, 2023 Space Coast Daily 0

Since the opening of the Sea Turtle Healing Center, the medical staff have dealt with several cases of the viral disease fibropapillomatosis, or FP, in sea turtle patients. This now-common illness can become debilitating for sea turtles as it produces both internal and external tumors that can grow large enough to impact their ability to swim, their vision, and their ability to evade predators. […]

Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Release Juvenile Turtle ‘Banana’ at Hightower Beach

May 3, 2023 Brevard Zoo 0

After an intense 14-month stay at our Sea Turtle Healing Center, a juvenile green sea turtle with a sweet name will have an even sweeter end to its rehabilitation journey with us. […]

Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Rescues Injured Juvenile Green Sea Turtle from Sebastian Inlet

February 26, 2023 Space Coast Daily 0

A large juvenile green sea turtle arrived at the Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center on February 9 after being found south of Sebastian Inlet State Park. […]

WATCH: Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Uses Medicinal Maggots Treatment on Loggerhead Sea Turtle

October 24, 2022 Brevard Zoo 0

The Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center doesn’t shy away from seeking out innovative science-based treatments for their patients, from raw honey to leeches. […]

Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Sends Adult Female Loggerhead ‘Myrtle’ Home

August 15, 2022 Brevard Zoo 0

Our Sea Turtle Healing Center sees dozens, if not over a hundred patients come through our doors each year. Every sea turtle has a unique story, but we have not seen one quite like Myrtle’s. […]

WATCH: Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center Releases Two Green Sea Turtles at Lori Wilson Park

March 28, 2019 Space Coast Daily 0

Alyssa Carrillo and Jessica Patterson (wearing sunglasses) with Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center release green sea turtles Doozy and Rose’ in the ocean off Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach on Tuesday as about 200 beachgoers look on. […]

WATCH: Construction Temporarily Halted on Friday at Port Canaveral for Sea Turtle Rescue

December 15, 2018 Space Coast Daily 0

The Sea Turtle Preservation Society transported an ailing green sea turtle to Brevard Zoo on Friday morning after it was found nearly motionless in the waters near the construction site of Port Canaveral’s new Cruise Terminal 3. […]

WATCH: Nearly 300 Green and Loggerhead Sea Turtles Find Refuge at the Brevard Zoo

October 12, 2018 Elliot Zirulnik, Brevard Zoo Communications Manager 0

Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center is caring for nearly 300 green and loggerhead sea turtle “washbacks” pushed ashore when Hurricane Leslie disrupted their habitat. […]

Sea Turtle ‘Guacamole’ Set To Be Released By Brevard Zoo’s Healing Center Monday

September 22, 2018 Elliot Zirulnik, Brevard Zoo Communications Manager 0

Aptly named, 200-pound Guacamole will become the first adult green sea turtle released by Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center on Monday, September 24. […]

WATCH: Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Releases Skipper and Ginny Back Into the Ocean

June 22, 2018 Space Coast Daily 0

Thanks to Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center, two more green sea turtles are back in the ocean. […]

WATCH: Severely Injured Sea Turtle Guacamole Moved to ‘Deluxe Suite’ at Brevard Zoo

June 21, 2018 Space Coast Daily 0

Back on February 24, Guacamole was admitted to the Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center after she was found on the beach with old predator attack wounds. […]

Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center Saves Sea Turtle That Swallowed 30 Pieces of Plastic

April 16, 2017 Space Coast Daily 0

‘HUMBUG’ FOUND FLOATING IN SEBASTIAN […]

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