Jupiter Sunsation

Someone gets a new "Cigarette" boat and suddenly the tragedy occurs? Seems pretty coincidental to me.......



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...617-story.html

water rescues go, this one was as dramatic as they come.

A boater jumped in to save her. Her wounds were given first aid and a breathing mask was clamped over her mouth and nose. She was loaded onto a lifeguard backboard to be taken to the nearest facility where she could get the best care quickly.

But, in the end, the boat propeller strike that Maxine, a 200-pound loggerhead, suffered in the Intracoastal Waters around Pompano Beach proved too grave.

The staff at the Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex decided to euthanize the turtle, estimated to be about 15 years old, soon after she arrived at the Boca Raton facility Tuesday afternoon.

"Her shell was cut eight times," said Dr. Maria Chadam, the center's veterinarian, theorizing that she was struck by a cigarette boat, which has multiple propellers. "Part of her shell came off and exposed her internal organ cavity."

The turtle was found floating in the waters near the Sands Harbor Marina, 125 N. Riverside Drive. Boaters who found the turtle, a threatened species, struggling for air.

Rescuers had her in the bow of the boat, swaddled in towels, when the lifeguards came.

"She was still conscious and breathing," Pompano Beach Ocean Rescue Lt. Tom O'Neill said. "But you could see she was struggling."

Next, Richard WhiteCloud, founding director of Sea Turtle Oversight Protection, arrived to transport her to Gumbo Limbo.

"It was sad because you could tell she had had a previous injury," he said, theorizing that the turtle was in the Intracoastal Waters recovering, where finding food is less effort than the open ocean.

Still, Maxine's legacy will live on. Whitney Crowder, assistant coordinator at the turtle rehab center at Gumbo Limbo, said she's taking steps so Maxine's broken shell becomes part of a display that shows the devastating effects of speeding boats on the ancient amphibians.

"I hope this gets people's attention," she said.

Stuckonstupid

Slow day in the news in Miami it sounds.

cheech

Yeah Cigarette boat because there is no fishing boats in Florida with multiple propellers. WTF

richanton

Give me a f*cking break.

thisistank

I have a couple:

I hope the props are ok!

Was this written by the guy that wrote the speedboats are for azz holes article?



In all seriousness, sad for the turtle but hardly newsworthy.

Wildman_grafix

we should all just have paddle boats

waybomb

Did you hear about the big fish that ate the small fish? Something should be done about that as well.

GRH

Very sad that any creature die this way.... but


said Dr. Maria Chadam, the center's veterinarian, theorizing that she was struck by a cigarette boat,


"Theorizing".... really.... by a Veterinarian?

Knot 4 Me

Soup for everyone!!!

BBCLiberator

iTrader: (2)

You are all WAY of base here. It was a Cigar boat. The smell should have given it away.