You Can Make A Difference
Dear Friend,
We are grateful for your continued generosity.
Thanks to your support for our mission, we are a recognized leader in sea turtle health and ocean conservation — in Florida and around our beautiful blue planet.
Meet Sylvia
One of the sea turtle patients you helped us rehabilitate is Sylvia, named in honor of famed oceanographer, Dr. Sylvia Earle.
The subadult female Loggerhead was found floating in distress in the St. Lucie Inlet and brought to our Sea Turtle Hospital. She weighed 230 pounds.
After initial evaluation from our hospital staff and volunteers, Sylvia was diagnosed with anemia and traumatic injuries to her left rear flipper. She received nutrients to stabilize her and laser treatments to heal the wounds on her flipper. She got four months of loving care in our Hospital, gaining 20 pounds. Once healed, a joyous crowd cheered as she was released to her ocean home off Juno Beach.
With Your Generous Support We Have:
• Pioneered TPN, a nutrition infusion and Red Tide Detox Therapy, a treatment that is saving lives and increasing the odds of survival for sea turtles sickened by this deadly illness.
• Collaborated with facilities worldwide to share our knowledge and innovative treatments that you helped us create. As Dr. Barron says, “It is not ‘only’ the hundreds of sea turtles we save each year here in Juno Beach – imagine the many thousands we can save around the globe.”
With your help, together we will improve the odds that our children and grandchildren will get to witness these majestic creatures nesting on our beaches and swimming in our ocean.
*ASTC ~ The Association of Science - Technology Centers – www.astc.org
**Member organizations included are science centers, museums, nature centers, aquariums, planetariums, zoos, botanical gardens, and natural history and children’s museums across the country. The discounts and free admission may be used outside of a 90-mile radius of your home.