Three Rescued Sea Turtles In SC Go Back Into Ocean

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Three sea turtles treated at a South Carolina center have returned to the ocean.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that more than 500 people gathered on the beach Sunday at Kiawah Island to watch the turtles return to the ocean.

One was a Kemp’s ridley turtle who had been treated at the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rescue Program for two years after getting a fisherman’s hook stuck in his mouth.

The other two include another Kemp’s ridley turtle that nearly drowned in a shrimper’s net near Georgetown last September. The third was a huge loggerhead that washed up on Kiawah Island in March.

Rescue manager Kelly Thorvalson says all three turtles should be fine now.