turtle release

Two women on a boat hold turtle in air over edge. With one woman in wetsuit in water next to boat's edge.

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Solstice, the rescued olive ridley sea turtle, is returned to the ocean by SeaWorld San Diego aquarist, Danielle Castillo (left) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, Laura Todd, 15 miles off the coast of San Diego. The location returns the turtles to their natural home and near an oceanic current that flows southward towards warmer water off Mexico.

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