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ANCHOR
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LOGGERHEAD Caretta caretta Juvenile |
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| THE STRANDING | It takes team work to save a
turtle in distress. Folks at the Anchors Away Boatyard, across
the intracoastal waterway from Topsail Island, observed this little
loggerhead just hanging around in very shallow water, near the narrow
channel used to access the boatyard from the waterway. They
sensed all was not well and Marge contacted the KBSTRRC. A crack team of sick and injured turtle wranglers soon formed. Jennifer Bragaw and Nancy Fahey lead the way in the water and were backed by Beth, Eston, Christopher and Christina. The turtle surfaced to breath near Nancy and both in water rescuers were able to hold the turtle by the rear of the carapace and swim her to shore.  She was covered in barnacles and thin, as you can see by her neck.  |
| THE TREATMENT | She was cleaned up and placed
in shallow water for her first night, and was offered food but declined. On her first day she was encouraged to eat a few pieces of fish. |
| May 8 |
If didn't take long for her to get her
appetite working and she very hungrily ate today, such a good sign.  |
| July 11 |
 Looking good and feeling fine. Always ready for a handout. |
| APRIL 2010 |
Anchor spent the winter at the front
window, enjoying the sunshine and bulking up for her release. Beth Howard and Jennifer Bragaw and the US Coast Guard gave Anchor a lift to the gulfstream waters. 
 Anchor swims free |
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