Critically endangered sea turtle rescued, rehabilitated and released back into the wild
May 11, 2017Audubon Nature Institute, in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), released a rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtle into Lake Calcasieu in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. On July 26, 2016, biologists from LDWF were contacted b...
Raye
May 11, 2017Raye is a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was found entangled in derelict fishing line by a concerned fisherman. Raye was transported by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists’ to the CWN care staff. Once admitted in rehabilitation, a full exam was compl...
Juvenile Sea Turtle Named “Peanut” Rehabilitated and Released Back into the Gulf of Mexico
October 5, 2016Audubon Nature Institute partnered with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to release a rehabilitated juvenile green sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico from Venice, La. on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. This turtle was brought to the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center (FMASSC) in ...
Peanut
October 5, 2016“Peanut” is a juvenile green sea turtle that was picked up by a concerned fisherman offshore Venice, LA who said the turtle appeared sluggish and exhausted. Once Peanut was brought in for rehabilitation, CWN staff noted that the animal was lethargic and dehydrated. He was given fluids, antibiotic...
Bubba
September 28, 2016Bubba was found in Leeville, LA in April 2015 behind a bait shop. Bubba was suffering from buoyancy control issues causing him to have difficulty swimming. A concerned citizen called the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) who then contacted the Coastal Wildlife Network (CWN) to...
Injured Sea Turtle Rehabilitated and Released Back into the Gulf of Mexico
September 28, 2016Audubon Nature Institute, in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), released a rehabilitated green sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico from Port Fourchon, La., on September 21, 2016. On April 25, 2015, biologists from LDWF and staff from Audubon Nature Inst...
Released dolphin doing well in the wild
June 22, 2016(Grand Isle, La.) – Following six weeks of monitoring, the first dolphin to be rescued, rehabilitated and released in Louisiana is doing well in the wild. Audubon Nature Institute and the Louisiana Department of ...
Rescued dolphin released back into the Gulf of Mexico
June 22, 2016Audubon Nature Institute and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in coordination with NOAA's National Ma...
Rescued juvenile dolphin passes hearing test
June 22, 2016Audubon Nature Institute, working in partnership with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio...
Jitterbug
May 13, 2016The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) received a call about a stranded Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) from a family fishing in the Lake Charles area of Louisiana. The family was concerned because the turtle had stranded himself on the rock jetties and was not m...
Octavius
May 13, 2016A juvenile male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found stranded for multiple hours on the beach in Grand Isle, LA. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) was contacted by a member of the public about the stranded dolphin. LDWF then called the Coastal Wildlif...
Cold stunned sea turtles released into Gulf waters
January 31, 2015GRAND ISLE, La.-- Nearly two dozen turtles that were stranded by cold weather last year in Massachusetts have successfully undergone rehab and have been returned to waters off Louisiana's coast. More than 1,200 young, "cold-stunned" Kemp's ridley sea turtles were stranded in N...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
November 14, 2010In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill began and became the largest oil spill in history. It is estimated over 210 million gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. During this time, CWN stood ready to respond to marine mammals and sea turtles in need. CWN is the only entity in the S...
33 rehabbed sea turtles from oil spill released into Gulf waters
October 21, 2010Months after rescuers found them struggling and covered in oil, 33 endangered and threatened young sea turtles are finally going home to the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Audubon N...