Turtle Rehabilitation Program

Turtle Rehabilitation Program

Throughout Australia in the past 30 years marine turtle populations have been decreasing rapidly due to human impacts, such as boat strikes and fishing tackle entanglements. More recently, diseases have posed a problem for marine turtles.

Sea World undertakes an ongoing turtle rehabilitation program which aims to help animals recover from these types of diseases and injuries. The program deals with many kinds of turtles including the Loggerhead turtle and Green turtle, with the aim of rehabilitating the animals and returning them to wild as quickly as possible.