Over a dozen endangered sea turtles rescued from cold waters off Massachusetts have arrived in the Florida Keys for rehabilitation.
The 15 Kemp's ridley sea turtles were rescued over the last few weeks from the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and initially were treated by New England Aquarium staff. They arrived Monday at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon.
"They're going to be treated at The Turtle Hospital with broad spectrum antibiotics," hospital manager Bette Zirkelbach said. "We're going to give them vitamins, a healthy diet and we're going to keep them in warm water, 75 degrees, which will warm them up and let those medications do their work."
The rehabilitation is expected to take up to two months. Zirkelbach says the turtles likely will be released off Florida once they recover.
A group of private pilots donated the turtles' flight to Florida.
