Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Kaushell, June, Laetitia, Fidji, Teddy, Bubbles, Bishy and Crash Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve Released Beasty – Arrived 2nd December 2019, Released 6th January 2020 Beasty was was released along with Esther in a double release, accompanied by a boat-full of guests who wanted to see them off. … Read More
Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Eve, Arti, Kaushell, Amal, Beasty, Esther, June and Shimmi. Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura Released Talia – Arrived 21st November 2019, Released 20th December Talia’s release was delayed for a couple of days due to bad weather, but on the 20th December there was finally a lull in the storm. A … Read More
Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, Kaushell, Talia, and Amal Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura Released Orla – Arrived 18th October 2019, Released 30th November 2019 Orla has been released! Her release went smoothly and she went straight down! We will miss her. She was a very relaxed turtle and it was a pleasure to … Read More
Our Visiting Vet Program has been a great success! In our first season, we welcomed five visiting vets who brought new skills, medications and equipment that benefited our turtle patients and resident vets alike. In return, they got hands on experience working with wild sea turtles in a tropical location.
Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, KG, Orla and Kaushell Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura In the last few weeks we have had a couple of non-turtle patients: a water hen and a bat baby! The water hen, Gimpy, had a severely broken and infected leg. After a successful surgery he is now back with … Read More
Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, KG and Orla Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura We are very pleased to announce the opening of our new Turtle Rehabilitation Centre at One & Only Reethi Rah, North Male Atoll! The centre has one large tank and can accommodate one to two turtles, depending on their size. The … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, Azura,Thomas and KG We have been busy trying to keep our sea turtle patients busy with various enrichment activities in the last few weeks. Sea turtles like to engage with their food and work out how to get it, so we have been feeding them “fish-icles”! We have also provided a ball for some of … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, Azura, Lucky, Thomas and KG The ORP Marine Turtle Rescue Centre has crossed the 100 treated turtle patients mark! In fact, we are now at 102. Out of the 102 treated turtles, 48 have been successfully released back into the wild. Some are still patients, some have been transferred to other centres for long-term rehabilitation, … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, Azura, Joy, Elba, Lucky, Thomas and Trooper At the end of July we admitted a new patient, Trooper, and we now have nine resident patients and more than a full house! Luckily, Vet Jackie currently has help from our Lead Vet, Dr. Claire Petros, the Coco Collection InTurtleShip Competition winner, vet student Jessica Monteiro, as … Read More
Current patients: Heidi, Eve, Artemis, Azura, Joy, Elba, Lucky and Thomas Although we have not admitted any new patients since Thomas in June, the Rescue Centre continues to run at full capacity with eight resident patients. Our peak intake period is the North-East monsoon season in the Maldives, when the wind and currents flow in from the Bay of Bengal. … Read More
