Two young sea turtles treated for oil contamination

June 9, 2010 by legitgov

Two young sea turtles treated for oil contamination 08 Jun 2010 Two young sea turtles pulled from Alabama waters, covered with oil, have been cleaned and were recovering in Gulfport on Tuesday. The yearling sea turtles, each about six inches long, were found last week when that state was wrestling with oil threatening its shorelines. They are the first sea turtles treated in Mississippi that are confirmed victims of oil contamination. The little Loggerhead was pulled from Perdido Bay on Thursday and the Hawksbill from Gulf Shores, Ala., on Saturday.