Huge Leatherback Turtle Wash Up on Moonstone Beach, Rhode Island

By Kathleen Harrington

Friday, Aug 12, 2011

Leatherback turtle washes ashore on Moonstone Beach SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A leatherback turtle that appeared to have a gash on one of its front flippers washed ashore Tuesday afternoon on Moonstone Beach, and later died. The Providence Journal / Timothy S. Murphy

Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue team is working to save a Kemp Ridley turtle that washed ashore in Narragansett on Saturday.

The endangered sea turtle had a 9-inch lure in its face. …

… About 10 leathernecks wash up on Rhode Island beaches each year, Graf said.

nbcconnecticut.com

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