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Turtle patient Disco, a ghost gear amputee, ORP Turtle Rescue Centre, Maldives. Image.

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 5|2020

Current patients – Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Azura, Discovery and Coral. Current patients – Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Temporarily closed Released Eve – Arrived 26th December 2018, Released 30 July 2020 After 19 months of rehabilitation, Eve was finally ready to go home and we are so pleased to announce that we released her on the 30th July. … Read More

Turtle patient Arti on a sea swim. Image

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 4|2020

Current patients – Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, and Discovery. Current patients -Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve. Released Mascha – Arrived 24 January, Released 13 April 2020 Mascha arrived in late January with a badly damaged front flipper that required amputation. After around 3 months of care in our Rescue Centre, her wound healed well and she … Read More

Turtle patient Arti wrapped in a towel, image

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 3|2020

Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Fidji, Masha, and Discovery. Current patients Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve. Released Bishy – Arrived 9th January, Released 29th March 2020 Bishy’s wounds healed really well. Once we started catching her resting at the bottom the tank we knew she was nearly ready to be released. Bishy took turns with … Read More

Ghost net victim olive ridley turtle Bishy recovering at ORP Turtle Rescue Centre, Maldives.

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 2|2020

Current patients Marine Turtle Rescue Centre: Heidi, Arti, Fidji, Teddy, Bishy, Masha, Sandy and Discovery Current patient Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre: Azura and Eve Released Bubbles – Arrived 8th January 2020, Released 16th February 2020 Bubbles injury healed well and about a week after having her stitches out she was released. On the way to the release site she started … Read More

Turtle patient Azura on a lagoon swim with Sea Turtle Biologist Laura, Maldives

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 1|2020

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

Green turtle, Maldives

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 16|2019

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

Turtle patient Azura enjoying a jellyfish treat, ORP Turtle Rescue Centre,Maldives

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 15|2019

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

Turtle patient Kaushell ORP Turtle Rescue Centre Maldives

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 14|2019

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

GHost gear victim Orla, an olive ridley turtle, Maldives

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 13|2019

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

ORP Turtle Patient Update Issue 12|2019

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