On Friday, July 16th 2010, Sunset Grille & Raw Bar and Captain Hook’s Marina & Dive Center are going to host the Third Annual Chicken Wing Eating Tournament. This spectacle is a race against the clock to see what team can mow down chicken wings, sliders and beer in the shortest amount of time.
The format will consist of each team having four contestants, two of them must be over the age of 21. Each team will attempt to polish off 75 chicken wings, 15 sliders and 2 pitchers of beer. The winner is determined by the team that devours everything in the least amount of time.
The last two years have been extremely successful for this tournament. Since the inception of the Chicken Wing Eating Tournament idea in 2008, there have been 15 and 18 teams that have entered. Between the two years, the tournament raised about $2,800 for The Turtle Hospital, located at 2396 Overseas Highway in Marathon, Florida.
To enter the competition, please contact Ryan@captainhooks.com or call 305-743-2444
The Turtle Hospital would like to sincerely thank those who participated in the past and look forward to seeing you again at this years event. Even if you’re not ready to compete you can always come and enjoy the festivities! This years event will include a DJ contest, live music and more! We hope to see you soon!
The Turtle Hospital celebrated Earth Day 2010 by releasing a 200 pound sea turtle named Pal from Coco Plum Beach!
Pal, a large Loggerhead sea turtle, was returned to his ocean home in celebration of Earth Day. He was admitted to The Turtle Hospital two short months prior, suffering from an impaction. However with vegetable oil and fiber added to his squid breakfast, Pal quickly passed the blockage. Several well wishers and on-lookers arrived to say goodbye and watch Pal return home. The event also attracted media attention with CBS 4 Miami and CBS Nightly News. For more on his release and video footage please visit CBS 4 news online.
After Pal’s release, Turtle Hospital Director Richie Moretti and Administrator Ryan Butts visited The Dolphin Research Center to celebrate Earth Day with local students. Several facilities attended and spent the day educating the children on the importance of protecting Florida’s wildlife. The students were given the opportunity to meet “Scooter” The Turtle Hospital’s educational Loggerhead, and learn about the impact humans have on sea turtles and how they can help sea turtles survive!
The Turtle Hospital in Marathon would like to invite residents and guests to Key West to participate in the release of “Stevie”, a 220 pound Loggerhead sea turtle that has been convalescing at the Turtle Hospital since November. The adult male was found off of Key West where he was found by Captain Steve of The Galloping Ghost. It was discovered at the Turtle Hospital that Stevie was suffering from a severe infection. After several months of antibiotics, Stevie will be returned home at Higgs Beach in Key West behind Solute’ restaurant. The event will be a sunset release on the beach at 6:00pm on Sunday May 2nd. Supporters are encouraged to come spend a beautiful evening on a Key West beach and wish Stevie luck on his return to the ocean.
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Last Tuesday, Dr Doug Mader spent most of the day at the Turtle Hospital performing surgeries on a number of juvenile Green Sea Turtles that have fibropapilloma.
Wormy had an endoscope procedure to check for internal tumors (none found) and tumors removed from the flippers.
Rosie had an endoscope procedure to check for internal tumors (none found). Tumors were removed from her eyes and neck. She will require another surgery, when stronger, to remove the remaining tumors.
Petrie had an endoscope procedure to check for internal tumors (none found) and tumors removed from the neck. Another surgery will be scheduled, when stronger, to remove the remaining tumors.
Cavia had a large external tumor removed and will require addition surgery to remove the remaining tumors.
Lisa had a re-growth tumor removed from her neck.
The 5 patients were “dry docked” overnight to allow the anesthesia to completely wear off before returning the turtles to their tanks.
The Turtle Hospital’s December 11th “Tips for Turtles” fundraiser was a success! The staff at the hospital would like to send out a big thanks to The Island Fish Company Tiki Bar and Restaurant for hosting the event as well as donating to the raffle and the Florida Keys Keynoter for donating the advertising. The fundraiser earned over $800 in tips from the bar and raffle tickets. The money will be put towards food, medicine, and treatments for current and future sea turtle patients. The raffle had a collection of great prizes donated from Dolphin Research Center, Key West Aquarium, Theatre of the Sea, Crane Point, History of Diving Museum, Tilden’s SCUBA Center, Annette’s Lobster and Steak House, Key Colony Inn Restaurant, Key’s Fisheries, Papa John’s Pizza, Quizno’s Subs, Home Depot, and Save-a-Turtle.
Ryan Butts, Turtle Hospital Administrator was the guest bartender, assisting
Thanks to Keith McCurdy for providing the live music.
And thanks to the CaySal Pyrates for their guest appearance.
The annual Sea Turtle Workshop was hosted by the Turtle Hospital on December 6 and 7. This workshop gathers people together from all over the world, who work with sea turtles in the medical, rehabilitation, captive and long term care fields and provides a forum to share ideas, procedures, cases and techniques.
On the first day of the workshop, presentations geared to sea turtle medicine, rehabilitation, captive care, captive diet and interesting cases were given. This year had 23 interesting and informative talks.
The second day are the wet and dry labs. The dry lab was with Dr. Jeanette Wyneken and Dr. Douglas Mader and focused on anatomy/physiology of sea turtles.
The wet lab was “Sea Turtle Necropsy and Proper Biopsy/Sampling Collecting” with Dr. Brian Stacy from the University of Florida. There were 11 specimens, representing 3 species, ranging in size from 6 to 100 pounds.
Much thanks to 100+ who attended and made the Workshop successful!
Johnny is going “home”. After successful rehabilitation from sever lacerations to the head, shell and flippers (caused by being attacked with a machete), this sub adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle has made a remarkable recovery. (See article in July 2008 archives for the complete story). Johnny will be release from the beach at the oceanside picnic area (Veterans’ Park) on Little Duck Key (the first island at the West end of the Seven Mile Bridge, just before mile marker 40.) Joining the release will be Jack Hanna of “Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures” who will be filming for his new show “Into The Wild”
The release will take place at 10 AM on October 14, 2008 and anyone interested is invited to stop by and watch.
The Turtle Hospital has recently installed a “Web Cam” which allows real time viewing of activity in the main pool. The camera view shows the area where feeding takes place in the morning and periodically during the day.
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Access the live Web Cam by clicking on “Turtle Enclosure” under the “Turtle Hospital Webcam” heading located on the left side of the main screen.
The Web Cam was made possible by a generous donation.
Earth Day 2008
Earth Day Celebration was held at Bahia Honda State Park on April 12, 2008. The Turtle Hospital set up an informational / educational exhibit and would like to thank everyone that stopped by.
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The Turtle Hospital is happy to announce
the grand opening of our online store!
You can order a famous Turtle Hospital T-shirt,
choose from dozens of sea turtle gifts,
and even adopt a sea turtle!
The Turtle Hospital is a non-profit organization dedicated solely to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of one of our most endangered marine creatures…but we do need your help. Each turtle treated at the hospital is extremely important to the population and every dollar you spend gets them that much closer to returning home. We are funded primarily by the interest and generosity of people like you.
100% of the proceeds go directly to the care of the turtles.
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The Turtle Hospital is a non-profit 501c(3) charitable organization.