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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>TURTLE INDUSTRY and EXPLOITATION</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1880</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A <strong>turtle was taken from the St. John's River in Florida</strong> with the Spanish coat-of-arms and the <strong>date 1700 engraved on its back.</strong> &nbsp;The <strong>turtle was released into the rive</strong>r with the added inscription: <strong>"Eastern Herald. Palatka, Florida, 1897"</strong>.(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, January 9, 1880, p. 2)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1891</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">George Bills, Zio Benachi, Tony Benachi, George Andrews, Ed Musgrove, and the old reliable, Alex Bidault,<strong> left for Horn Island</strong> on board the <em><strong><u>Good Friday</u></strong></em> in <strong>search of sea turtles and their eggs</strong>. From the looks of their provision bill and 'snake bite cure' they will remain several days.(The Biloxi Herald, June 20, 1891, p. 4)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1892</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Ed Bosarge</strong> brought in from the marsh <strong>500 turtles</strong> in his little sloop <u><strong><em>Sea Birch</em></strong></u>. &nbsp;At <strong>55 cents each</strong>, this will bring Ed $275.(The Biloxi Herald, January 30, 1892, p. 1)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Joseph C. DeLamarre </strong>and <strong>Tom Cleary captured a turtle</strong> on Ship Island that <strong>weighed in excess of 700 pounds.</strong> &nbsp;The large turtle required four men to turn it on its back.(The Biloxi Herald, June 11, 1892, p. 4)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1893</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1900</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A <strong>visiting reporter wrote that a Biloxi turtle farm had 5000 turtles </strong>and that they sold for $36 per dozen.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 26, 1900, p. 12)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1903</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Honorable <strong>Joseph W. Swetman got hold of several diamond backs and decided to give a small feed to a few of his friends.</strong> &nbsp;He took John Kennedy into his confidence and together with the assistance of A.J. Meynier, they evolved a <strong>great feast which was pertaken last night at Kennedy's Hotel </strong>by the following gentlemen: Jack LaCoste Martinez; Willie Manion [Mangin?]; E.B. Stafford; R.J. Angamar of NOLA; T.J. Rosell; J.W. Swetman; Percy L. Elmer; Dr. Holt; W.P. Henley; George Haas; Albert B. Austin; F. Schaub; Jesse Smith; A.J. Meynier; Patrick Kennedy; William P. Kennedy; and John J. Kennedy.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 13, 1903, p. 4)&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Moran? turtle pen</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:12px">[courtesy of the Genealogy and History Department-Biloxi Public Library-Jane Shambra, director]</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1906</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">During the <strong>September 1906 Hurricane</strong>, the <strong>turtle farm owned by Ernest Moran</strong> lost between 8,000 and 10,000 diamond back turtles. &nbsp;His loss was estimated at not less than $14,500. &nbsp;Somewhere <strong>between 3,000 and 4,000 turtles were recovered, placed in barrels and returned to his yard.</strong>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 27, 1906, p. 2)&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1911</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Since selling his pool room some time ago, <strong>John Eglin has fitted out a boat </strong>and sails the high seas and bayous in search of alligators and other large game. &nbsp;On a trip to the islands this week, he captured <strong>two, monster sea turtles</strong>, each <strong>weighing close to three hundred pounds</strong>. &nbsp;Both were <strong>butchered and sold as steaks and soup meats</strong> from the Eglin market.(The Ocean Springs News, June 17, 1911)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Last night, <strong>Joseph W. Swetman, Oscar Johnson, and 'Boy' Bennett visited Ship Island</strong> in quest of turtle eggs and returned this morning with a <strong>monster turtle weighing between 450 and 500 pounds and 1050 eggs.</strong> &nbsp;This find of <strong>eggs is the largest that has ever been brought to Biloxi.</strong> &nbsp;The turtle, which is of the green variety and the choicest of its kind, will be butchered tonight and distributed among the friends of the gentleman named above.(The Daily Herald, July 1, 1911, p. 8)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1912</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In July, J.W. Swetman aboard <u><strong><em>Tom</em></strong></u>, his motorized excursion boat, and&nbsp;with a crew of five turtle egg hunters <strong>captured a 501 pound turtle on Horn Island</strong>. &nbsp;They saw two larger&nbsp;turtles than the captured that were to heavy to transport.(The Daily Herald, july 30, 1912, p. 8)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Captain Peter Kennedy</strong> running for the Lopez-Desporte Canning Company and aboard the <strong><u><em>Eva Foster </em></u></strong>brought a <strong>300-pound green turtle </strong>to the wharf of the former plant of this company. &nbsp;The <strong>large turtle was captured at Creole Gap where the vessel had been dredging for oysters.</strong>(The Daily Herald, September 21, 1912, p. 1)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1913</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1924</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>William P. Kennedy</strong> while on a trip to the Chandeleurs aboard the <em><strong><u>Anna Long</u> </strong></em>and with Captain Steve Sekul, George Williams, R.V. Abbley and R.V. Abbley Jr of Pass Christian, went into the water and <strong>physically captured a 200 pound sea turtle</strong> which was subsequently landed and killed for its meat. Barnacles on the dorsal side of the turtle caused slight injuries to the hands of the captor.(The Daily Herald, June 13, 1924, p. 3)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1932</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The <strong>C.C. Canning Company</strong>, William Cruso owner, who has been handling fresh water turtles has recently received such large orders that he sent a boat to Horn Island for sea and green turtles. Captain Eugene Ryan aboard the <u><strong><em>Radio</em></strong></u> <strong>caught ten sea turtles in his trawl that weighed 350 pounds each</strong>. &nbsp;When processed at Cruso's factory <strong>1250 pounds of pure turtle meat was recovered.</strong> &nbsp;Cruso believes that he can develop a large trade in turtle meat and plans to sens a boat out at regular intervals. &nbsp;Today he is shipping a carload of shrimp to New York. &nbsp;Anthony Ragusin photographed the turtle catch.(The Daily Herald, June 23, 1932, p. 1)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1934</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In late June 1934, a <strong>party of fifteen returned from the Chandeleur Islands</strong> aboard the <strong><em><u>Louis B. Beaugez Jr.</u></em></strong> and landed in Ocean Springs at the John R. Seymour wharf at the foot of Washington Avenue with <strong>two, large turtles weighing in the 250-pound range. </strong>&nbsp;Their backs were barnacle-covered. &nbsp;The hunters also <strong>raided nine turtle nests recovering 100-130 eggs per nest. </strong>&nbsp;The turtles were killed and the meat used locally.(The Daily Herald, June 25, 1934, p. 5)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>2013</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Proposal to protect turtle habitats. (The Sun Herald July 18, 2013 &nbsp;p. 5-A)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Turtle rules not likely to affect Coast. The <strong>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service </strong>is considering designating almost 750 miles of beach from North Carolina to Mississippi as protected habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles.(The Sun Herald August 10, 2013 &nbsp;p. 5-A) </span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Scientists keeping close eye on turtle nests.&nbsp;<strong> Scientists are monitoring loggerhead turtle nesting sites in Pass Christian</strong> waiting to see if hatchlings will emerge. There is also a nest on Deer Island in addition to a few on Cat Island.(The Sun Herald August 11, 2013&nbsp; p. 2-A)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Four Loggerhead turtles hatch on Pass Christian beach</strong>. Only recently have loggerhead turtles returned to this area to nest, Moby Solangi, President and Executive Director of the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies. (The Sun Herald September 19, 2013 &nbsp;p. 1-A)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Notes on&nbsp;Mississippi's Turtle Industy</span></span></strong></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">This [circa 1925] vintage image depicts a group of North Biloxi fishermen near the Fountain Cemetery demonstrating to their audience how to transport a captured marine turtle.&nbsp;&nbsp;These large reptiles nested on Mississippi’s barrier island and their meat and eggs were exploited both for domestic and commercial use.&nbsp;&nbsp;[L-R: Lawrence Beaugez [1889-1965]; Eugene Rodriguez [1898-1969]; Thomas Fountain [1903-1974]; Reno Beaugez [1893-1967]; Emile Tiblier; Boy Fountain; and Albert Fountain Jr.]&nbsp;&nbsp;Image and identifications courtesy of Velma Beaugez Garlotte.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Along the Mexican Gulf, both marine and terrestrial turtles or terrapins were once hunted for their meat and eggs.&nbsp;&nbsp;The barrier islands, especially Horn Island and Ship Island, were favored areas for turtle exploitation due to their propinquity to the populated coastline.&nbsp;&nbsp;Although most of the turtle’s edible parts and eggs were for local consumption, there was some commercial development, especially of the ubiquitous diamondback turtle, which inhabits the estuarine marshes and rivers, of the southeastern United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">W. Ernest Moran [1857-1925] who lived on Lameuse Steet in Biloxi was one of the leading dealers in diamondback terrapins on the Mississippi Coast.&nbsp;&nbsp;During the&nbsp;<strong>September 1906 Hurricane</strong>, his&nbsp;<strong>turtle farm</strong>&nbsp;lost between 8,000 and 10,000 diamondbacks. &nbsp;Moran’s loss was estimated at not less than $14,500. &nbsp;Somewhere&nbsp;<strong>between 3,000 and 4,000 turtles were recovered, placed in barrels and returned to his yard.</strong>[The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 27, 1906, p. 2]</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Thurston Canning Company, a factory to primarily process marine turtles from the western Caribbean, was erected at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in the fall of 1917 by Harry J. Thurston [1881-1920], a native of Indiana.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Thurston expired at Houston, Texas in late February 1920 in the later years of the Spanish Influenza pandemic.[The Daily Herald, October 8, 1917, p. 5 and The Sea Coast Echo, February 28, 1920, p. 2]</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thurston’s testudine reptiles were transported by steamer to New Orleans and then to the Bay by train.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here they were penned in the Bay of St. Louis and fed until slaughtered to make canned turtle soup, primarily for the demanding New York market.&nbsp;&nbsp;About 5000 green, loggerheads, Mobilians and terrapins were processed annually.[The Daily Herald, May 1, 1918, p. 2]</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Endangered Species Act of 1973 and its amendments now protect the following marine turtles and their habitants: green; loggerhead; leatherback; hawksbill; Kemp’s ridley; and olive ridley.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our local shrimp industry was directly affected and was required to use TEDS [turtle exclusion devises] to protect the Kemp ridley.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><u>Marine Educational Leaflet No. 29, Loggerhead Sea Turtles</u>, (Gulf Coast Research Laboratory-J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and and Aquarium: Ocean Springs, Mississippi)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><u>Marine Educational Leaflet No. 33, Sea Turtles of the Gulf of Mexico</u>, (Gulf Coast Research Laboratory-J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and and Aquarium: Ocean Springs, Mississippi)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, June 20, 1891.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Back Bay”</strong>, January 30, 1892.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, June 11, 1892.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi a hustling city”</strong>, August 26, 1900.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A terrapin feast”</strong>, July 13, 1903.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Worse storm than that of October 1893”</strong>, September 27, 1906.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Some turtle and some turtle eggs”</strong>, July 1, 1911, p. 8.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Capture large&nbsp;sea&nbsp;turtle”</strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">, July 30, 1912,, p. 8.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“300-pound turtle brough to Biloxi”</strong>, September 21, 1912.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Catches with hands 200 pound turtle business”</strong>, June 13, 1924.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxian plans for Big Turtle business”</strong>, June 3, 1932.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“500 pounds of turtle"</strong>, June 25, 1934, p. 5.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Ocean Springs News,&nbsp;</em><strong>"Local News"</strong>, June 17, 1911.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><em>The &nbsp;Pascagoula Democrat-Star,&nbsp;</em><strong>“</strong></span></span></em><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>News”</strong><em>,</em>&nbsp;January 9, 1880.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Turtle farming a thing of the past"</strong>, December 14, 1997.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Report: 11,772 sea turtles injured or killed in 2005 by commercial fishing"</strong>, September 28, 2011.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Wildlife groups sue for more protection of turtles"</strong>, October 14, 2011.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Turtles sojourn home-Kemp's Ridley prefers Mississippi over Florida waters"</strong>, December 20, 2011.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Shrimpers against turtle protection rules"</strong>, &nbsp;June 7, 2012.</span></span></p>

<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Heading toward the light [</strong><strong>bright casino lights co</strong><strong>nfuse loggerhead hatchlings]"</strong>, August17, 2012, p. A-2.</span></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Turtle study </strong><strong>[</strong><strong>Institute </strong><strong>of Ma</strong><strong>ri</strong><strong>ne Mammal Studies and National Marine Fisheries Service] </strong><strong>puts tires in water"</strong>, &nbsp;January 14, 2013, p. A-1.</span></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Environmental group: Dolphin, turtle&nbsp;dean a sign of sick Gulf"</strong>, April 3, 2013.</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>, <strong>"Rehabilitated sea turtles blessed and released"</strong>, April 28, 2013, p. A-2.</span></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>, <strong>"New research bolsters theory on how the turtle got its shell"</strong>, June 1, 2013, p. C-3.</span></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Sea turtle nest discovered"</strong>, July 5, 2013, p. A-2.</span></span></div>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"What will this sea turtle nesting season bring"</strong>, March 2, 2015, p. A-9.</span></span>

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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>"Rare leatherback sea turtle rescued"</strong>, March 13, 2015, p. C-6.</span></span></div>

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