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SandBar 8:2, July, 2009 Coast to Coast and Everything In Between Suffering from a bacterial infection, a loggerhead sea turtle found her way to the Turtle Hospital, the world’s only veterinary facility that exclusively treats sea turtles. After arriving at the treatment center’s dock, the turtle stuck around for hours until hospital staff members treated her. Now on medication, the turtle will recuperate until she can be released back into the wild. (NBC Miami, Apr. 1, 2009). Apparently unable to curb his appetite, John Silvera pled guilty to stealing about $500 worth of frozen shrimp in four separate trips to a Market Basket in Salem, N.H. The serial shrimp shoplifter also faces charges in Methuen, MA, where he allegedly stuffed his jacket with frozen shrimp before leaving a separate Market Basket grocery store. (Associated Press, Apr. 2, 2009). After falling overboard in rough seas off the coast of Queensland, Australia, a pet dog survived for four months on a largely uninhabited island before reuniting with its family. The dog swam five nautical miles to St. Bees Island and survived on the island’s feral goat population until being rescued. Despite its difficult journey, the dog has successfully readjusted to domestic life. (Agence France Presse, Apr. 6, 2009). Lost a watch in the ocean lately? A man in Hawaii recently caught a fish that coughed up a still-functioning gold watch. The man noticed the fish swimming awkwardly by the shore and caught it by hand. He threw the fish in a cooler and later noticed the gold watch next to the fish’s mouth. (Associated Press, June 5, 2009). Greenpeace reacted harshly to a recent Spanish court ruling that cleared Spanish authorities of any responsibility for a 2002 oil spill, calling the outcome “un acceptable.” Finding that the authorities reasonably prevented the ship from approaching the coast of the Galicia region, the court affirmed that the ship’s crew was to blame for the spill of 64,000 metric tons of oil. (Agence France Presse, Mar. 21, 2009).
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SandBar 8:2, July, 2009

Coast to Coast and Everything In Between

Suffering from a bacterial infection, a loggerhead sea turtle found her way to the Turtle Hospital, the world’s only veterinary facility that exclusively treats sea turtles. After arriving at the treatment center’s dock, the turtle stuck around for hours until hospital staff members treated her. Now on medication, the turtle will recuperate until she can be released back into the wild. (NBC Miami, Apr. 1, 2009).

Apparently unable to curb his appetite, John Silvera pled guilty to stealing about $500 worth of frozen shrimp in four separate trips to a Market Basket in Salem, N.H. The serial shrimp shoplifter also faces charges in Methuen, MA, where he allegedly stuffed his jacket with frozen shrimp before leaving a separate Market Basket grocery store. (Associated Press, Apr. 2, 2009).

After falling overboard in rough seas off the coast of Queensland, Australia, a pet dog survived for four months on a largely uninhabited island before reuniting with its family. The dog swam five nautical miles to St. Bees Island and survived on the island’s feral goat population until being rescued. Despite its difficult journey, the dog has successfully readjusted to domestic life. (Agence France Presse, Apr. 6, 2009).

Lost a watch in the ocean lately? A man in Hawaii recently caught a fish that coughed up a still-functioning gold watch. The man noticed the fish swimming awkwardly by the shore and caught it by hand. He threw the fish in a cooler and later noticed the gold watch next to the fish’s mouth. (Associated Press, June 5, 2009).

Greenpeace reacted harshly to a recent Spanish court ruling that cleared Spanish authorities of any responsibility for a 2002 oil spill, calling the outcome “un acceptable.” Finding that the authorities reasonably prevented the ship from approaching the coast of the Galicia region, the court affirmed that the ship’s crew was to blame for the spill of 64,000 metric tons of oil. (Agence France Presse, Mar. 21, 2009).