| They hadn't been on the beach since last fall, and that trip was lousy because at the time everyone was very, very sick. It only took a few minutes for a group of 14, now robust, sea turtles to catch the scent of salt and forgive everything. Noses up, they pulled themselves the few yards from the rack line on Cape Cod's Dowses Beach into the surf. Five of the turtles were fitted with tags that will allow their location to be tracked by satellite for as long as the tags remain operational, usually about one year. "It was a fine sight," said Dr. Bridget Dunnigan, NOAA Fisheries Service veterinarian, who has cared for four of the turtles since the winter and assisted with the release. |
