Brevard Zoo releases Pearl the sea turle in Satellite Beach

<i>Brevard Zoo</i><br/>Pearl the sea turtle has been released back to the ocean in Satellite Beach — Brevard Zoo

By CNN Newsource

Published July 22, 2021 12:47 PM

By Web Staff

SATELLITE BEACH, Florida (WESH) — It was a bittersweet day for workers at the Brevard Zoo.

After four months of rehab, the zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center released Pearl, a juvenile green sea turtle, back into the ocean.

Pearl was nursed back to health after being brought to the zoo in March, sick with shell inflammation.

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