Texas State Aquarium to Unveil New Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility

November 28, 2017

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – On Thursday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m., the Texas State Aquarium will provide an exclusive media tour of the new sea turtle rehabilitation facilities at their refurbished Wildlife Rescue & Recovery center. The tour will showcase how this upgraded facility will serve as the Coastal Bend’s epicenter of sea turtle rehabilitation and demonstrate how cutting-edge technology and highly-skilled staff will provide quality medical care and recovery for endangered and vulnerable sea turtle species in the Gulf of Mexico.

We invite the media to join us at the new Wildlife Rescue and Recovery center to learn more how the Aquarium will escalate its conservation mission and rescue, rehabilitate, and release more sea turtles than ever before.

WHAT: Media tour of new sea turtle rehabilitation center

WHEN: Thursday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m.; Please RSVP with Seamus McAfee

WHERE:  Texas State Aquarium’s Wildlife Rescue & Recovery center, 4230 Rincon Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78402

INTERVIEWS:  Tom Schmid, President and CEO at Texas State Aquarium and Jesse Gilbert, Senior Vice President and COO of Texas State Aquarium will be available to answer media questions.

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