40 endangered sea turtles sent to Florida Keys after 'cold-stunning' in Massachusetts

Name: Tue Dec 01 2020 40 endangered sea turtles sent to Florida Keys after 'cold-stunning' in Massachusetts
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Description: Tue Dec 01 2020 FLORIDA KEYS, Fla. (SBG) &mdash; Forty endangered sea turtles were transported to the Florida Keys for treatment after they suffered from "cold-stunning" in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, officials wrote on a Facebook page for The Florida Keys & Key West. The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were given free flights to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys by volunteers with Turtles Fly Too.

by KENDRA MANN, Sinclair Broadcast Group

Tue, December 1st 2020, 1:32 PM UTC

Forty endangered sea turtles were sent to the Florida Keys on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2020, after 'cold-stunning' in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (Courtesy: The Florida Keys & Key West)

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Forty endangered sea turtles were sent to the Florida Keys on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2020, after 'cold-stunning' in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (Courtesy: The Florida Keys & Key West)

FLORIDA KEYS, Fla. (SBG) — Forty endangered sea turtles were transported to the Florida Keys for treatment after they suffered from "cold-stunning" in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, officials wrote on a Facebook page for The Florida Keys & Key West.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were given free flights to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys by volunteers with Turtles Fly Too.

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Staff treating the turtles hope they will "warm up and be released back into the wild off another part of Florida," officials added.

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