Thousands of Atlantic green sea turtles and Kemp's ridley sea turtles suffering from cold stun are laid out to recover Thousands of Atlantic green sea turtles and Kemp's ridley sea turtles suffering from cold stun are laid out to recover RESIDENTS IN THE US, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention centre in a south Texas resort town.
“Every 15 minutes or less, there’s another truck or SUV that pulls up,” Ed Caum, executive director of the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, told the Associated Press.“We had trailers full yesterday coming in that had 80, 100, 50,” he said. The South Padre Island Convention Centre started pitching in on Monday when its neighbour, Sea Turtle Inc, could no longer handle the number of sea turtles being dropped off, and their mostly outdoor operation had lost power.He said they have “collected” more than 3,500 sea turtles so far.He said that with another cold front approaching, they do not know when they will be able to return the sea turtles to the water.
He said with power returned they have been able to bring the convention centre’s temperature to 15 degrees.
Imagine they can rescue Turtles from freezing temperatures but not their fellow man.
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