Recovering sea turtles flown from Seattle to San Diego

Recovering sea turtles flown from Seattle to San Diego

SEATTLE (AP) — Two sea turtles that landed cold, sickly and malnourished on shores far beyond their normal living range have been flown aboard a U.S. Coast Guard plane from Seattle to San Diego to finish rehabilitation.

Tucker got severe pneumonia and had to be treated in a hyperbaric chamber because he developed air in his tissue and has a buoyancy problem

The flight from Seattle was a joint operation among U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Seattle Aquarium, Vancouver Aquarium and the U.S. Coast Guard, which provides low altitude flying and a warm cabin for the turtles, said Laura Todd, a supervisor at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.