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Cuban Refugee Earns Badge, Tight Squeeze For Turtle: FL Good News

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After a sea turtle was brought to shore, it was loaded in a truck and taken next door to receive care from the Gulfarium CARE Center, pier employees said. It was tangled in fishing line, rods and a tire.
After a sea turtle was brought to shore, it was loaded in a truck and taken next door to receive care from the Gulfarium CARE Center, pier employees said. It was tangled in fishing line, rods and a tire. (Okaloosa Island Pier)

FLORIDA — With a bit of human intervention, a 217-pound sea turtle was rescued from a tangle of fishing line and nets, a kitten stuck beneath a car engine has a new home, a once-critically injured manatee has a newborn calf and a stray kitten's eyesight is saved by a blood serum donation from a rescue dog.

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