Dozens of loggerhead sea turtles are being cared for at Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center after offshore rain remnants of Tropical Storm Julia washed the animals back to shore.
Most of the 26 washbacks, as officials called them, were found locally and transported to the zoo by volunteers from Sea Turtle Preservation Society.
“This typically happens every September,” said Melanie Stadler, the zoo’s sea turtle manager. “Washbacks of different species come in at different times of year, depending on when the adults nest.”
The turtles are expected to be released back into the ocean next week.
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