GRAND ISLE, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Mitchell Lapeyrouse, a machinery technician stationed at Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., assists Mandy Tumlin, a biologist with the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries (rear left), Cara Field, a veterinarian with the Audubon Institute and Michele Kelley coordinator with Audubon Institute's Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program in the release of a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle approximately 20 miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The turtle was the first rescued marine animal to carry a satellite tracking device to be released in Louisiana. The 90-pound, adult female turtle, along with three staff members of the Audubon Institute's volunteer Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program, were transported to the release location by a Coast Guard 41-foot utility boat and crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.
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