In this Jan 2, 2013 photo provided by Liz Browing Fox, Lou Browning of Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation in N.C., holds a loggerhead turtle. Volunteers along North Carolina's coast are walking through muck and going out on kayaks to rescue sea turtles that get stuck in sounds when the water turns cold, stunning them and leaving them helpless to save themselves. (AP Photo/Liz Browing Fox)
Volunteers search NC coast to rescue sea turtles
In this Jan 2, 2013 photo provided by Liz Browing Fox, Lou Browning of Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation in N.C., holds a loggerhead turtle. Volunteers along North Carolina's coast are walking through muck and going out on kayaks to rescue sea turtles that get stuck in sounds when the water turns cold, stunning them and leaving them helpless to save themselves. (AP Photo/Liz Browing Fox)
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Associated Press /
January 15, 2013
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‘‘We are very concerned,’’ she said. ‘‘We hope all the turtles got the idea from the first temperature drop and headed out to Gulf stream. But there are some turtles swimming in the sound. We will all be looking.’’
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Online:
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center: http://www.seaturtlehospital.org
Network for Endangered Sea Turtles: http://www.nestonline.org
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Bruce Smith in Charleston, S.C., contributed to this story.
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Martha Waggoner can be reached at http://twitter.com/mjwaggonernc
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