Release of Weasley the Rehabilitated Sea Turtle

My name is Lauren. I'm a sea turtle biologist at Clearwater Marine Aquarium and today we released Weasley, one of our Kemp's Ridley sea turtles that was in rehab with us for about 20 days. He actually was hooked at Clearwater Marina by a local fisherman. So initially we'll take him for x-ray because we want to know exactly where that hook is so we're not going in blind and then we'll actually do something called a scope. So it's basically a little camera that we put down their throat and we can actually see on a tv screen where exactly that hook is and then we're to be able to see especially the most endangered species of sea turtle that we have in the gulf being released back into the wild to hopefully hopefully reproduce and nest and make that species flourish. It's so heartwarming and I love releases like this is what we're here to do. Rescue, rehab, and release. Educate the public and inspire everyone.