New England Aquarium releases 17 sea turtles that were stranded in Cape Cod
QUINCY, Mass. (WLNE) — The New England Aquarium said that it released 17 sea turtles into the Nantucket Sound on Wednesday after they were stranded on Cape Cod in 2024.
The nine Kemp’s ridleys, five loggerheads, and three green sea turtles were all treated at the Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy.
The aquarium said that all three species were all threatened or endangered species, and all 17 were treated for various conditions including pneumonia, dehydration, and trauma.
The hospital treated treated 518 live sea turtles that were rescued from the shores of Cape Cod from November to January.
The aquarium said that some of the turtles could be tracked on the Sea Turtle Tracker.
The full list of released turtles, which were named after Greek mythological figures, is:
- Aphrodite (#180) – Green sea turtle
- Stranded Nov. 25, 2024, in Eastham
- Zeus (#226) – Green sea turtle
- Stranded Nov. 29, 2024, in Wellfleet
- Pan (#249) – Green sea turtle
- Stranded Dec. 1, 2024, in Wellfleet
- Graeae (#473) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 3, 2024, in Brewster
- Lips (#477) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 3, 2024, in Wellfleet
- Hades (#548) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 5, 2024, in Truro
- Brizo (#673) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Brewster
- Selene (#684) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Brewster
- Phoenix (#685) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Brewster,
- Tyche (#688) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Wellfleet
- Helios (#691) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Brewster
- Chronos (#693) – Kemp’s ridley
- Stranded Dec. 6, 2024, in Brewster
- Helen (#854) – Loggerhead
- Stranded Dec. 21, 2024, in Barnstable
- Oceanus (#887) – Loggerhead
- Stranded Dec. 26, 2024, in Dennis
- Athena (#888) – Loggerhead
- Stranded Dec. 12, 2024, in Orleans
- Eros (#894) – Loggerhead
- Stranded Dec. 30, 2024, in Truro
- Atlas”(#895) – Loggerhead
- Stranded Dec. 31, 2024, in Truro
