Turtle Rehabilitation – updates from Bob, Litchi, Pan, and Turbo! 🐢

What an eventful month it has been! The Two Oceans Foundation working on Turtle Rehabilitation at the Two Oceans Aquarium had the pleasure of witnessing some incredible highlights. The team had successfully released five turtles, and the adventures of Bob, Pan, Litchi, and Turbo have been nothing short of thrilling. These four intrepid travelers have [...]

By |2023-06-21T12:19:33+00:00June 21st, 2023|Categories: Bigeye Tuna, Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

The Release of 67 Rehabilitated Turtles

67 rehabilitated turtles were released in conjunction with Two Oceans Aquarium and its Turtle Rescue Program yesterday. 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 Thanks to the dedication and support of a team of individuals and sponsors, the release of turtles from the Turtle Rescue Program at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town was once again a [...]

By |2022-12-13T14:35:32+00:00December 13th, 2022|Categories: Green Turtles, Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

The Final Turtle Release of 2022 With Two Oceans Aquarium

This is always a deeply special day, the culmination of months of hard, rewarding rehabilitation work. On Monday 12 December we will be releasing 65 post hatchling loggerheads, 3 sub-adult green turtles (Turbo, Kijani and Basil) and 1 juvenile Hawksbill (Juniper). Turbo, will have a satellite tag. On Monday morning at 08h00 we will [...]

By |2022-12-12T05:25:15+00:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

Alvi the Green Turtle In High Seas – View Tracking

Some great news about our little traveling turtle. "Alvi is on a mission and finding himself in the high seas at the moment. What a brave little green turtle. He was rescued after washing up on the beach at Struisbaai and recovered well after we removed a plastic bag from his throat. Alvi was [...]

By |2020-07-03T13:22:29+00:00July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Green Turtles, Turtle Release, Two Oceans Aquarium|

Yoshi the rehabilitated loggerhead turtle makes it to Australia

News from The Two Ocean's Aquarium: " Yoshi is steaming ahead with her incredible and record breaking journey, and is a mere 66 kilometers from the coast along Western Australia. So YES, she is officially in Australian waters (their Exclusive Economic Zone), which is a great place to be, as she is well protected [...]

Another successful rehabilitated turtle release

Hooked on Africa is proud to again be associated with another successful release of rehabilitated turtles into the wild. This week's release even included a young turtle "tripod" with only 3 flippers. It's been such a pleasure being involved with the release of these rehabilitated turtles over the past few years and the team [...]

By |2020-02-06T06:21:22+00:00February 6th, 2020|Categories: Turtle Release|Tags: , , |

Releasing more rehabilitated turtles into the ocean.

This week Hooked on Africa was once again in conjunction with the Two Oceans Aquarium involved in releasing rehabilitated turtles back into the ocean. The 2 ladies that dedicate all their time to rehabilitate [...]

By |2020-02-06T06:19:23+00:00November 28th, 2019|Categories: Fishing, Turtle Release|Tags: , |

Follow Yoshi & Noci Rehabilitated Turtles Journeys at Sea

We recevie regular turtle progress updates from the Two Ocean's Aquarium in Cape Town.  The most fulfilling part of rescuing and rehabilitating these sea turtles is, of course, their release back into the ocean when they are fully recovered.  Read more about it here. [...]

By |2020-02-06T06:19:23+00:00November 11th, 2019|Categories: Fishing, Turtle Release|Tags: , |

Another Rehabilitated Turtle Release Initiative Video Clip

Hooked on Africa Fishing Charters together with Two Oceans Aquarium working together on another successful release of rehabilitated turtles back into the wild.

By |2020-02-06T06:19:24+00:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: Turtle Release|Tags: , , |

Following the progress of the released rehabilitated turtles

" Hi Everybody Just a quick update on our traveling turtles. Yoshi is still on her way DOWN the coast of Namibia and about 194 kilometers NW of Walvisbay! She is 23 kilometers west of where she was at the end of February. She has traveled more than 6600 kilometers, with a daily average now [...]

By |2020-02-06T06:19:24+00:00September 3rd, 2018|Categories: Turtle Release, Yoshi The Loggerhead Turtle|Tags: , |
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