CRUSH WENT HOME. EVERYONE CRIED.
Crush, a loggerhead found cold-stunned and nearly lifeless on a Jersey beach in January, spent months in rehabilitation before being flown to the Azores, fitted with a satellite tag, and released back into the Atlantic. Good turtle. Good humans. Everybody go home.
CRUSH WENT HOME. EVERYONE CRIED
Crush, a loggerhead turtle found cold-stunned and severely weakened on a Jersey beach in January, has been released back into the Atlantic after months of veterinary treatment and rehabilitation. Her return took her all the way to the warmer waters of the Azores.
WHAT HAPPENED
Crush was discovered on a beach in Jersey during winter after becoming dangerously cold-stunned. She was initially treated at New Era Veterinary Hospital before being flown to SEA LIFE Weymouth in the UK for specialist rehabilitation.
Her recovery involved veterinary assessments, CT scans, blood tests and a carefully managed feeding program designed to restore her strength and weight.
Once conservation teams determined she was healthy enough to return to the wild, Crush was transported to the Azores. Before release, she received a satellite transmitter so researchers could monitor her movements after she returned to the ocean.
Then they took her out between the islands of Faial and Pico and let her go.
Months of medicine, logistics, donations, animal care and international coordination ended with one turtle swimming away.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
The sad beginning is not the point. The completed recovery is.
A dog walker found a nearly lifeless turtle on a cold beach. A chain of humans then kept saying “yes, we can help with that” until the turtle ended up back in the Atlantic wearing a satellite tracker.
Good turtle. Good humans. Everybody go home.
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