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In December 2024, Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc., got a phone call. Someone on a beach on South Padre Island in Texas had spotted a distinctive-looking Kemp’s ridley sea turtle with a large chunk missing from her shell.
For George, seeing this turtle lay eggs was particularly uplifting—not only because of the turtle’s injury but also because she was a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, which is the rarest and critically endangered sea turtle species. The main reason these turtles are endangered is the loss and destruction of their nesting grounds—they also get caught in fishing gear like nets and longlines.
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