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Riverhead Foundation, Coast Guard Free Entangled Leatherback Turtle

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This leatherback turtle was freed from fishing gear by a team from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk

This leatherback turtle was freed from fishing gear by a team from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the U.S. Coast Guard. Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk

authorStaff Writer on Jul 5, 2013
A leatherback turtle, tangled in fishing gear in Gardiner's Bay, was freed on July 4, appropriately enough, by a team from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, with... more

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