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KYLE

KYLE (April 6,2008)

Local Marathon residents Brenda and Kyle Staley were enjoying Coco Plum Beach with their dogs when Kyle discovered a juvenile Green Sea Turtle buried in sea weed on the shore.

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The small turtle was entangled in a mesh plastic bag and had strands of the material wrapped around it’s neck and both front flippers.

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The plastic had cut into the flippers but the turtle is very strong and is expected to make a full recovery. Thanks to Kyle’s attentiveness, this endangered turtle was saved.

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Update June 15, 2008

Kyle has been successfully rehabilitated and was released aprox 6 miles off of Key West. The young turtle was placed in a large patch of Sargassum seaweed which is where Green Sea Turtles spend their early years.

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