{"id":232925,"date":"2026-01-11T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232925\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:39:07","slug":"hull-aquarists-volunteer-to-help-save-endangered-sea-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232925\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull aquarists volunteer to help save endangered sea turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"> The hook shape of the Cape Cod Bay traps the cold-stunned turtles which are then washed up on the beaches, according to the aquarium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The volunteers rescued stranded species such as the critically endangered Kemp&#8217;s ridley sea turtle, leatherback turtles, green turtles, and loggerhead turtles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Deep said survival rates for the rescued turtles were about 80-90% and that more than 470 of the creatures had been treated at the rescue centre. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Levine said: &#8220;I always love working with their incredible team and helping save turtles. I&#8217;m always amazed that the turtles are able to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clarke said there had been a collective passion among staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;It&#8217;s amazing to see the network of organisations that work together and share a common goal, to get all these turtles healthy and released.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Listen to highlights from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0cghg97\/clips\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b007tp3n\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode of Look North<\/a> or tell us about a story you think we should be covering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/mailto:eastyorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hook shape of the Cape Cod Bay traps the cold-stunned turtles which are then washed up on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-232925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}