Loggerhead Sea Turtle Released Off San Diego Coast Following Months of Rehabilitation | PR Newswire [Video]

Multiple organizations collaborate to protect endangered species and preserve marine life

, /PRNewswire/ — The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society (VAMMR), SeaWorld San Diego Rescue and Turtles Fly Too worked together recently to transfer rescued loggerhead sea turtle, Moira. Found cold stunned in British Columbia, Moira was transported to the warm waters of San Diego where she has now been returned to the wild. Since her rescue in February 2024, VAMMR and the Vancouver Aquarium have been working tirelessly to bring Moira back to health.     

Moira was rescued on February 4 in Pedder Bay, British Columbia. The VAMMR team stabilized the severely hypothermic sea turtle whose core temperature was only 8 degrees Celsius (46.4 degrees Fahrenheit) when she was admitted. Moira is estimated to be 15 to 20 years old. At the time of her rescue, she was the second reported sighting of a loggerhead sea turtle in British Columbia. Loggerhead turtles are typically found in tropical and …