C.A.R.E.
Conserve. Act. Rehabilitate. Educate.
The Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center acts as a beacon for coastal conservation through marine animal rescue and rehabilitation, encouraging awareness with public education and opportunities for active participation.
Conserve
Ensure the future of marine animals and their habitats
Act
Play an active role in marine conservation
Rehabilitate
Support marine animal rescue, recovery, and release
Educate
Inspire awareness for marine conservation issues
Our History
Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park has been active in marine animal rescue and rehabilitation for many years. The C.A.R.E. Center was developed in 2015 as a non-profit to facilitate and further our continued coastal conservation efforts. The program has helped to rehabilitate and release various species of sea turtles found in the Gulf Coast, from the Loggerhead, Green, Kemp’s ridley, to the Leatherback. Over the years hundreds of sea turtles have been rehabilitated and released back into the wild by the Gulfarium.
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Rehabilitation
When a sea turtle patient arrives, it is evaluated by animal care and veterinary staff using guidelines from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. These guidelines give our staff the necessary information needed to evaluate a method for rehabilitation, recovery, and release.
Although every effort is made to release the turtle back to the ocean, occasionally a sea turtle is deemed non-releasable due to medical or physical limitations. These turtles are given a permanent home and full-time care here at the Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center
Release
The Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center promotes rehabilitation and release of all stranded sea turtle species. After the appropriate medical attention and care is provided, as deemed by a veterinarian, the sea turtle is release back into the ocean at a location determined by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Check out our Featured News page to read some of our release stories.
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Community Partners
Become a Community Partner
Meet the volunteers! Today we would like to Introduce DiAnne! DiAnne joined our team at the end of January this year after seeing we were in need of some volunteers! DiAnne is a retired educator for K - 12! DiAnne loves to combine her passion for education and marine life by teaching our next generations on how to care for our blue planet! DiAnne is no stranger to the turtle world, she has been a part of the South Walton Turtle Watch group doing morning nesting surveys! She joined the CARE team in hopes to expand her knowledge of sea turtles and get a hands-on experience in their conservation. ... See MoreSee Less
Are you interested in a career in animal care? Internships are the best ways to get experience in this field and find out if it's the right job for you! We currently offer three different types of internships at the Gulfarium and Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center. For more information on our internship programs, visit us online at www.gulfarium.com/internships ... See MoreSee Less
Hello Friday! Have a turtley awesome weekend!
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