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Meet Rhossi: Endangered Sea Turtle Travels 5,000 Miles From Wales to Houston on Journey Home

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Rhossi was found cold-stunned on a Welsh beach in 2023. Now, the endangered Kemp's ridley is being treated in Houston before a hoped-for return to the Gulf.

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After two years of rehabilitation, a rare tortoise of kemp, a critically endangered species, is about to return to the Gulf of Mexico. Rhossi, found almost lifeless on a beach in Wales in December 2023, arrived in Houston, United States, after a journey of about 8,000 kilometers and will be released on Tuesday (18), near Padre Island, Texas. Fofurometer: lion cub takes first steps in zoology in England; place had no births of the species 10 year…

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After two years of care at the Danglesey Zoo in Wales, a Kemp turtle who had failed 8,000 km from its area of life, in the Gulf of Mexico, was returned to the other side of the Atlantic, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. A perilous journey for this extremely rare marine animal, which required careful preparation.

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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