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‘Chunky Monkey’ among 46 endangered sea turtles now ready for release

Posted at 12:47 PM, Apr 05, 2013
and last updated 2013-04-05 12:47:46-04

This coming weekend, a caravan of vehicles will carry a ‘most unusual and precious cargo’ down Interstate 95 from Maine to Florida.

Forty-six endangered and threatened sea turtles rescued off of Cape Cod late last autumn are now ready for release.

The Sea Turtle Trek will gather forty-six endangered and threatened sea turtles rehabilitated at six different facilities along the East Coast and release them in the warm waters off of northeast Florida late Sunday morning.

Be sure to check back on WTKR.com for updates!

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