Rare Sea Turtle Rhossi Suffers Setback Ahead of Release After 5,000 Mile Journey

Rare sea turtle Rhossi suffers setback ahead of release after 5,000 mile journey

Rare sea turtle Rhossi is resilient and under the care of experts at Houston Zoo after a setback to his return to the wild.

Rare Sea Turtle Rhossi Recovers in Texas After Astonishing 5,000-Mile Journey from Wales

A remarkable survival story is unfolding at the Houston Zoo, where a young Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Rhossi is slowly regaining his strength after an extraordinary ordeal that began nearly 5,000 miles away on a beach in Wales. Rhossi, a species native to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered near death on the Welsh coastline in late 2023 — a bewildering location for a turtle that should have never strayed so far from home. A…