{"id":343616,"date":"2026-07-17T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:59:13","slug":"seaworld-orlando-returns-9-rehabilitated-green-sea-turtles-to-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343616\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaWorld Orlando returns 9 rehabilitated green sea turtles to Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla.  \u2013 After months of intensive veterinary care, nine green sea turtles rescued from Florida\u2019s frigid winter waters are in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The turtles were among dozens the SeaWorld Orlando Rescue Team rescued following an unusually cold Florida winter that left many suffering from cold stress and severe malnutrition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/25\/melbourne-beach-manatee-melby-recovers-at-seaworld-after-storm-drain-rescue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/25\/melbourne-beach-manatee-melby-recovers-at-seaworld-after-storm-drain-rescue\/\">RELATED<\/a>: Melbourne Beach manatee, Melby, recovers at SeaWorld after storm drain rescue]<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Once at SeaWorld Orlando, the turtles were treated for a range of conditions. Some needed diagnostics and nutritional support. One needed something far more intensive \u2014 extensive shell repair. Eventually, all nine made a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The release took place at River to Sea Preserve in Flagler County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">So far this year, the SeaWorld Orlando Rescue Team has rescued 38 sea turtles and successfully returned 27 to the wild.<\/p>\n<p>In the Loop: Theme Park Scoops<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">Sign up for the ClickOrlando.com In the Loop: Theme Park Scoops newsletter, sent every Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 After months of intensive veterinary care, nine green sea turtles rescued from Florida\u2019s frigid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4717,139,141,140,23845,9026,2411],"class_list":["post-343616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-flagler-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sea-turtles","tag-seaworld-orlando","tag-theme-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}