WHAT: Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Release

WHEN: 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 11
(The morning that the ABC program “Sea Rescue” features Texas sea turtles rescued by the University of Texas Marine Science Institute)

WHERE: Marker 35 on Mustang Island Beach, Port Aransas, Texas

A turtle release will take place Saturday on Mustang Island for turtles recently found to be the first in Texas reported to have fibropapillomatosis, a marine turtle disease that causes tumors and that is more prominent in warmer climates such as Florida and Hawaii.

For more information on the turtle release or the work done by Tony Amos and his crew to rehabilitate turtles, please go here.