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Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into The Gulf
August 18, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 18 -- The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission issued the following news release:

NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Adm. Thad Allen joined state, federal, and partner biologists today as they released 23 Kemp's ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were successfully rescued and rehabilitated from the effects of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill.

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