U.S. News: Rehabilitated sea turtles return to the wild in Florida

U.S. News Stories from NBC reporters around the country.

Rehabilitated sea turtles return to the wild in Florida Mar 13th 2012, 17:30 Photos by Joe Raedle / Getty Images People watch as one of two loggerhead sea turtles are released back into the wild, March 13, 2012, at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park after they underwent rehabilitation at Miami Seaquarium. The two loggerhead sea turtles weighing in at 90 lbs and 125 lbs were both found weak in the wild, covered in parasites and struggling with buoyancy issues. A youngster with the Miami Seaquarium Spring Break Campers group gets a chance to touch one of two loggerhead sea turtles. AP reports that two federally protected loggerhead sea turtles are heading back to the ocean after weeks of rehabilitation at the Miami Seaquarium. The two 10-year-old female turtles were released Tuesday morning at Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne, Fla.   Follow @msnbc_pictures •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter Media files: pb-120313-seaturtles-01.photoblog400.jpg (image/jpeg) pb-120313-loggerheads-02.photoblog400.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions