{"id":419571,"date":"2026-02-11T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419571\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:22:10","slug":"rare-turtle-washed-up-in-storm-flown-to-england-for-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419571\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare turtle washed up in storm flown to England for treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passengers flying from Jersey to Southampton on Tuesday morning were joined by a special traveller\u2014 an endangered turtle rescued after Storm Goretti.<\/p>\n

Crush, a loggerhead turtle, was found \u201ccold-stunned\u201d and malnourished by a member of the public bad weather<\/a> last month and taken to the New Era Veterinary Hospital in St Saviour, Jersey, for life-saving treatment.<\/p>\n

After her condition stabilised, she was given special permission by Loganair to fly to the UK for rehabilitation because a ferry journey might have caused undue stress, according to Peter Haworth, the clinical director.<\/p>\n

\"Loggerhead<\/p>\n

Crush will be strong enough to return to the wild in springtime<\/p>\n

FINNBARR WEBSTER\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

After landing in Southampton at 7.30am on Tuesday, Crush, who was named after a character from the film Finding Nemo, was taken to the Sea Life centre in Weymouth, Dorset.<\/p>\n

The New Era Veterinary Hospital said she would spend several weeks in quarantine at the centre in a 2,000-litre tank before joining another cold-stunned turtle in a larger tank. Cold-stunning is a condition in which sea turtles become weak and inactive from exposure to cold temperatures.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Climate change makes green sea turtles \u2018increasingly female\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cShe will be fed up and got strong enough for a return to the wild in springtime \u2014 when all cold-stunned turtles in the UK will be taken and released,\u201d the hospital said on social media. <\/p>\n

Sea Life had to arrange extensive paperwork to authorise Crush\u2019s transfer because she belongs to an endangered species. <\/p>\n

Ronnie Matheson, chief commercial officer at Loganair, said: \u201cThis was certainly one of the more unusual passengers we\u2019ve welcomed on board, but supporting Crush\u2019s journey was something we were very happy to do. Our teams worked closely with Peter and his colleagues to ensure that she could travel as calmly and comfortably as possible, whilst ensuring the safety of all of our passengers and colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dan Townsend, head of airside operations at Southampton airport, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to support this special journey and play a small part in helping this young turtle get the expert care it needs. Our teams work closely with airline partners like Loganair to make sure unique animal movements like this one are handled safely and smoothly, and we\u2019re proud to help facilitate its onward recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers flying from Jersey to Southampton on Tuesday morning were joined by a special traveller\u2014 an endangered turtle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-419571","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\/419571","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=419571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}