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Our team has been busy with a second #Leatherback turtle rescue this week!

On Sunday, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary responded to a report of a live leatherback on a mudflat along the Herring River in Wellfleet, and contacted both the Aquarium and the International Fund for Animal Welfare to help rescue the turtle. This leatherback sea turtle was estimated to be around five feet long and 600lbs!

After a health assessment by our Aquarium Rescue and Animal Health staff, satellite and acoustic tracking devices were placed on the turtle to assess survivorship and long-term behavior by our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at NEAQ team. He was then transferred + released back into the ocean in Provincetown with a crowd cheering nearby!

This response was conducted under the USF&W permit # ES69328D.

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