Our Current Turtle Patients
Our Current Turtle Patients ~ Click on an image for the full story.
Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and release all of our turtle patients as soon as possible although, sadly, some do pass away. We have the capacity to accommodate up to 12 patients at a time at our Rescue and Rehabilitation Centres, depending on the size and type of injuries of the turtles.
Our turtle patients can stay anywhere from a couple of days to several months; the average length of stay is around three months. However, there are exceptions. Patients suffering from severe buoyancy syndrome, such as Azura and Penny, can end up stay with us for a long time. Azura was with us for two years, eight months and eleven days before she was released! Penny stayed with us just short of two years.
Adopt A Turtle Patient
By adopting one of our turtle patients you will contribute towards the cost of our patients’ veterinary care, medications, and transport. You will also help fund our core charitable objectives such as:
- Expanding our rescue and rehabilitation efforts
- Furthering our understanding of sea turtle veterinary care and health
- Broadening our research into sea turtles and their conservation
- Growing our education and outreach programmes
- Protecting sea turtles and their habitats
You will receive:
- A personalised adoption certificate with the history of how your adopted turtle patient came to our Rescue or Rehabilitation Centre
- A fact sheet about the species of sea turtle you have adopted
- Regular updates on how your adopted turtle’s recovery is going (if you wish)
- Notification in the case of release
Support our mission with a donation of £50 or more, or make a monthly donation of your choice. Complete the form below with your details to finalise your adoption. If it’s a gift adoption, also add the details of the gift recipient!
Please allow 7 days for the issuing of the certificate. Also note that we will not contact the gift recipient directly.
Meet Some of Our Past Turtle Patients
Tagged & Released turtle Patients
Where do our turtle patients for when we released them? Where are their feeding grounds? ORPTrack, is a scientific research project that will help us gain better understanding of the feeding habits of olive ridley sea turtles. We deployed our first satellite tag on 18 April 2022. The first tag was fitted on Autumn, an sub-adult olive ridley turtle who had spent just short of two months at the Rescue Centre. She was rescued from a ghost net which claimed one of her front flippers. The second tag was fitted on Pickle, an adult olive ridley turtle who had spent six months at the Rescue Centre. She was rescued from entanglement in a ghost net.
Click on an image to discover their journeys
Patients Released or Deceased 2024
