\n Crush, a young loggerhead sea turtle, was found stranded on a beach in Jersey after being swept through the Atlantic during the storm.\n<\/p>\n
\n The young turtle was transported on a Loganair flight from Jersey to Southampton today, (Tuesday, February 10) so the animal could continue its treatment at Weymouth Sealife centre in Dorset.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marine experts said the turtle had suffered from cold stunning, a condition caused by exposure to cold water, which left it barely able to move.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kico Iraola, displays curator at the Dorset Sea Life Centre, said turtles that wash up in UK waters often arrive in a critical condition.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen they arrive, they are very, very cold, like in a hibernation state,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey\u2019ve been drifting through the Atlantic Ocean for who knows how long, some weeks, maybe months.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Crush was taken to New Era Veterinary Hospital in Jersey, where she spent around three weeks receiving life-saving treatment after being found dehydrated and weak.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter Hawroth, a vet at the practice, said the turtle was slowly stabilised before being cleared to travel.\n<\/p>\n
\n Crush arriving in Southampton to be passed over to Kico Iraola at Weymouth Sealife (Image: Stuart Martin (Loganair))\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking to the Daily Echo about the flight, which left Jersey at 7.05am, Peter said: \u201cWe started very early at about 5.30am, and she\u2019s been very good, active all the way.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe didn\u2019t seem to notice the plane and was just desperate to get out of the box and get to swimming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n While at the small animal practice in Jersey, Crush was treated for cold stunning by being warmed up one degree at a time.\n<\/p>\n
\n She also received a week\u2019s course of antibiotics and eye treatments.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter said: \u201cOur treatments have finished and she needs to get to a better place, which is the sea life centre.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n After landing in Southampton, Crush was transferred into the care of Kico, who said he would drive her to Weymouth Sea Life Centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n The turtle was secured in a dry box fitted with a heat lamp to keep her temperature regulated during the journey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kico said although it is not possible to know for certain where Crush originated, DNA testing will be carried out to determine which population she is from.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said they know she is not from the Mediterranean and believe she is likely from Florida.\n<\/p>\n
\n Once at the centre, rehabilitation will continue, with Crush kept in shallow water while she is fed and rehydrated until she becomes strong enough to be released.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kico added: \u201cWe want to make sure she is big and strong and wait till the warmer months \u2013 probably June and release her back into the ocean.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Once she reaches full strength, Crush will be taken to a centre in Gran Canaria and released onto a beach.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTurtles will use their instincts to go into the water and go back to the beach where they were born to lay eggs,\u201d Kico added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crush, a young loggerhead sea turtle, was found stranded on a beach in Jersey after being swept through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-418675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}